Giant, Ancient Life Form Doesn’t Fit Into Any Known Branch of Life
Scientists have debated where Prototaxites belong in the tree of life for over a century, but new a new study suggests it ...
Origin of life: How a special group of single-celled organisms laid the foundation for complex cells
Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments ...
The Tentacled Microbes That Might Have Sparked Complex Life
New research sheds light on one of the biggest questions in biology: where did complex life come from? The answer may lie ...
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New Clues On Eukaryote Evolution From Asgard Archaea
ETH researchers discovered related structures in Asgard archaea and describe their structure. These experiments show that ...
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Tiny microbes may have given rise to complex life
Scientists reveal the role of hidden microbes called Asgard archaea in the origins of complex life, challenging long-held ...
Scientists baffled at mysterious ancient creature that doesn't fit on the tree of life as we know it
An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown ...
How microtubules in Asgard archaea shaped evolution
In 2015, researchers examining deep-sea sediments near the underwater volcano Loki discovered gene fragments indicating a new ...
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Origin of life: How microbes laid the foundation for complex cells
Who were our earliest ancestors? The answer could lie in a special group of single-celled organisms with a cytoskeleton similar to that of complex organisms, such as animals and plants.
Asgard Archaea May Hold the Key to the Origins of Eukaryotic Life, New Study Suggests
Asgard archaea may have led to the evolution of eukaryotic life ETH Zurich researchers identify actin and microtubule ...