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There were no eukaryotes... and then there were. This was the ignition of complex, multicellular biology. What else could explain it? I will admit that I thou
by chasil 4y ago
There were no eukaryotes... and then there were.
This was the ignition of complex, multicellular biology. What else could explain it?
I will admit that I thought they were closer to the Cambrian Explosion. This is much farther away than I thought.
"Eukaryotes emerged approximately 2.2 billion years ago, during the Proterozoic eon, likely as flagellated phagotrophs."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eukaryote https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eukaryote
- hinkley 4y agofungi, farming before they were even fungi.
- Maursault 4y agoWhat about mitochondria? I did not address your mention of eukaryotes, only mitochondria, which existed as bacteria long before eukaryotes. You're intentionally ignoring the error in your OP and my pun: mitochondria did not emerge with eukaryotes, they "merged." Your lack of addressing mitochondria in your response makes it a straw man.