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Mysterious Microorganisms Unveiled as Key to the Origin of Complex Life (scitechdaily.com)

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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 are the origin of all complex life forms that populate our world today. The first life forms that evolved on Earth were

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[–] PeutMieuxFaire@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the link, that's really interesting for a (micro)biologist :) I totally missed it in the past decade.
Scitechdaily being… Difficult to display in my browser I tried an online search:

Wikipedia explains it well and has a couple of useful diagrams
Footnote 30 links to this study, which is I believe the source for the Scitechdaily's article.