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Are We All Actually Archaea?

Season 5 Episode 4

The unexpected discovery of an entirely new domain of life was pretty huge and surprising - even if archaea do just look like bacteria. But, in recent years, it’s been their connection to us that's turned out to be particularly full of surprises - ones that may mean we have a connection to a group known as Asgard.

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