How are there microorganisms on every surface imaginable on Earth? How did they get there in the first place?

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How are there microorganisms on every surface imaginable on Earth? How did they get there in the first place?

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They were there long before humans were a thing.

Microorganisms have existed for about 4 billion years, humans for less than a million. They might be small and slow, but that gives them plenty of time to make the rounds. It helps when you are tiny enough to live in airborne water droplets.

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