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[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

there's a theory that life (metabolism) predates cells. which implies that the first living organism was an global spanning supercell bound be coastlines not cell walls. miss being there, miss LUCA (Last Universal Common Ancestor)

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

LUCA predates mushrooms, by Billions of years

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I meant like how there currently a global mycelium network.

I definitely used poor wording.

we used to be like mushrooms. that's what they took from us 😔