A recent New Scientist article “The most ancient piece of you” (4 November 2017) discussed the common ancestors of living beings today. But are plants included in this universal common ancestor? If so, are we linked to plants in very early stages of evolution?
Michel Osca Engelbrecht, York, UK
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