Origin of life: How a special group of single-celled organisms laid the foundation for complex cells

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Mar 21, 2025, 12:52 pm716 ptsHotTop
Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments discovered gene fragments that indicated a new and previously undiscovered form of microbes.

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