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If archaea are a new branch on the same level as bacteria, why can't new multicellulars be a new branch on the same level as modern multicellular life? They ma
by guard-of-terra 12y ago
If archaea are a new branch on the same level as bacteria, why can't new multicellulars be a new branch on the same level as modern multicellular life?
They may be unrelated and different enough - this is one of the ideas about Edicarian fauna.
- MrArtichaut 12y agoMy mistake : I meant Eukaryote not multicellular. Archea are less related to bacteria that we thought some years ago. They are as different from bacteria that eukaryotes are different from bacteria. So a new branch of life is justified here since the basic parts of the cell are differents.
- guard-of-terra 12y agoYou're right in this regard, but they still may become a new kingdom (akin to plants, fungi, animals).