LUCA latest (Introduction)

by George Jelliss , Crewe, Monday, July 25, 2016, 22:12 (2825 days ago)

Saw this and thought of you: - http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/26/science/last-universal-ancestor.html?_r=1 - Latest ideas from genetics on LUCA (last universal common ancestor). 
Seems it probably lived in deep sea vents, rather than a Darwinian pond. 
Still a lot of explanation needed as to how it appeared though.

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GPJ