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In an $80 motel room, a discovery to shed light on the origins of life

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Bayes7 · 1790533089 · focus · HN ↗
>"The first species of Paulinella was discovered on Dec. 24, 1894, in the sediments of a backwater of the Rhine River by the German biologist Robert Lauterborn. He named the genus after his stepmother, Pauline."
How can they say this without providing more background?

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