Asgard archaea fan tree (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Asgard archaea fan tree

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According to this latest study, all complex life forms (a.k.a. eukaryotes) trace their roots back to a common ancestor among a group of microbes called the Asgard archaea.

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