[snarks_when_bored]

"With some variations, this code is the same for viruses, bacteria, worms, human beings, beetles, mice and slugs."

Interesting. And just where in the world did the complicated code come from? Did this complex molecule just pop into existence all by itself?

Uh, yes...but not all at once. 4 billion years is a very, very, very long time.

[Ninian Dryhope]

"Uh, yes...but not all at once."

Then why do even very simple forms of life such as viruses and bacteria use the same complex code? Shouldn't there be some earlier, simpler forms of the code still extant?