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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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[–] 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.