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All Life on Earth Comes From One Single Ancestor. And It's So Much Older Than We Thought. (www.popularmechanics.com)

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[–] snooggums@piefed.world 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Is the article missing words?

While the Cambrian Explosion kickstarted complex life in a major way some 530 million years, the true timeline of life on Earth is much longer. For years, scientists have estimated that LUCA likely arrived on the scene some 4 billion years, which is only 600 million years after the planet’s formation.

530 million years ago? 530 million years after the earth formed?

4 billion years ago?

[–] moobythegoldensock 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You know what? I’m happy. It means the article was not written by AI, because AI would not have made such a stupid mistake.

[–] Applesause@mander.xyz 1 points 3 days ago

until the ai carches on and starts intentionally making mistakes to pass our new turing test better than we can

[–] dontsayaword@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago

Since the 4 billion years is contrasted with 600 million years after rhe planet formed, I assume they meant "years ago". Very unclear though.