Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments ...

Scientists have debated where Prototaxites belong in the tree of life for over a century, but now a new study suggests it ...

ETH researchers discovered related structures in Asgard archaea and describe their structure. These experiments show that ...

Scientists reveal the role of hidden microbes called Asgard archaea in the origins of complex life, challenging long-held ...

Like bacteria, archaea are single-celled organisms. Genetically, however, there are significant differences between the two ...

New research sheds light on one of the biggest questions in biology: where did complex life come from? The answer may lie ...

Asgard archaea may have led to the evolution of eukaryotic life ETH Zurich researchers identify actin and microtubule ...

Despite recent advances in the study of eukaryogenesis, much remains unresolved about the origin and evolution of the most complex domain of life. Amanda was an associate editor at The Scientist, ...

Who were our earliest ancestors? The answer could lie in a special group of single-celled organisms with a cytoskeleton similar to that of complex organisms, such as animals and plants. Ten years ...

Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments discovered gene fragments that indicated a new and previously undiscovered form ...