The Protosterol Biota (IMAGE)

Australian National University

The Protosterol Biota

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Artist’s imagination of two primordial eukaryotic organisms of the ‘Protosterol Biota’ on the ocean floor. Based on molecular fossils, organisms of the Protosterol Biota lived in the oceans about 1.6 to 1.0 billion years ago and are our earliest known ancestors. Orchestrated in MidJourney by TA 2023.

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Credit: Orchestrated in MidJourney by TA 2023

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