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Organism Closest To Original "Tree of Life" Discovered

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday April 29, 2012 @09:02PM from the in-the-beginning dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Scientists have discovered a benign algae eating protozoan in a lake near Oslo, Norway whose gene sequence does not match any known organism living on earth today, and this beasty combines genetic characteristics across plant, animal, and fungal kingdoms. It is believed to be the closest living organism to the original organisms that spawned all animal life on earth."

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Re:Oblig. by Pieroxy · 2012-04-29 21:37 · Score: 0, Troll

But... but... which day did God create that one again?

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Re:Oblig. by Anonymous Coward · 2012-04-30 02:10 · Score: 0, Troll

The square root of a negative number is an imaginary number so I would assume that this remark either considers the creature or its attributes to be imaginary too. I do not consider the remark to be funny.