#also obligatory disclaimer that life likely arose in multiple different places at different times so. perhaps not Every bacteria.

[osddsilver]

Every bacteria is the first bacteria. It has changed beyond recognition. There is no divide where progenitor ends and progeny starts. It is the mother and the son, the father and the daughter. It is ancient. Its current iteration might be just minutes old. It dies in numbers our brains are incable of understanding. It is immortal.