LUCA

Appendix:Variations of "luca" English Alternative forms en Luca L.U.C.A. L. U. C. A. Pronunciation en /ˈluːkə/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Luca.wav Southern England Noun en taxonomy biology paleontology en last universal common ancestor; the hypothesised most recent primordial organism that is an ancestor to all organisms now living. en LUA en LCA UCA en 1999 w:Matt Ridley Genome Harper Perennial 2000 19 Luca is now usually placed deep underground, in a fissure in hot igneous rocks, where she fed on sulphur, iron, hydrogen and carbon. en November 26 2011 Michael Marshall Our ancestor, the mega-organism w:New Scientist 8 It was around 2.9 billion years ago that LUCA split into the three domains of life: the single-celled bacteria and archaea, and the more complex eukaryotes that gave rise to animals and plants. Translations hypothesised last common ancestor to all organisms Finnish: fi viimeinen universaali esivanhempi, fi LUCA, fi alkusolu, fi progenootti Polish: pl LUCA f See also en LCA en MRCA en progenote Anagrams en aclu ACLU UCLA caul