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Microorganisms—bacteria, viruses and other tiny life forms—may drive biological variation in visible life as much, if not ...

Chromosphaera perkinsii is a single-celled species discovered in 2017 in marine sediments around Hawaii. The first signs of its presence on Earth have been dated at over a billion years, well before ...

Scientists have long been fascinated by how ancient fish like Tiktaalik evolved the structures needed to walk on land.

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Chromosphaera perkinsii, a billion-year-old species, may reveal multicellularity’s origins, predating the chicken and egg.

Ibrahim Diallo, who studied animal science at Penn State University, was supposed to return in June 2022 to Senegal, the West ...

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