Researchers from UC Santa Barbara and McGill University have discovered that 1.64 billion years ago, eukaryotic organisms had already diversified into a wide range of…
Researchers have discovered the oldest multicellular eukaryotic fossils, dated at 1.63 billion years, in North China, revealing early complex life forms and suggesting an earlier…
Biologists from Syracuse University are examining the processes that enable microbial eukaryotes to flourish in the harsh environment of a geothermal lake. It is estimated…
An international group of scientists has been studying a group of microorganisms called Asgard archaea for several years. Their research indicates that these distinct organisms…
The mythological Norse god Thor hails from the celestial city of Asgard, and according to revolutionary research published in the scientific journal, Nature, he’s not…
Researchers have discovered 1.6 billion-year-old eukaryotic organisms, the Protosterol Biota, believed to be Earth’s first predators. These ancient creatures, found through fossil fat molecules in…
Until now, certain biomarkers, the “protosteroids,” have been overlooked as fossil witnesses to primordial life. Newly discovered biomarker signatures point to a whole range of…
A multinational research team has found ancient protosteroids in rocks, indicating that complex life existed up to 1.6 billion years ago. These molecules offer a…
Although the oceans from ancient times have disappeared, the events that occurred in them have been recorded in rocks. By examining these rocks, we can…
The first discovery of viruses infecting a group of microbes that may include the ancestors of all complex life has been found, scientists at The…
The three domains of life — archaea, bacteria, and eukarya — may have more in common than previously thought. Over the past several years, Ariel…
New data show that the first single-celled organisms with a nucleus originated more than a billion years later than biogeochemical evidence had previously indicated. Contaminated…