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2-Billion-Year-Old Fossils May Be Earliest Known Multicellular Life

Posted July 01, 2010 9:23 AM

From Wired Top Stories:

A newly discovered group of 2.1-billion-year-old fossil organisms may be the earliest known example of complex life on Earth. It could help scientists understand not just when higher organisms began to evolve, but why.

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Re: 2-Billion-Year-Old Fossils May Be Earliest Known Multicellular Life

07/01/2010 12:51 PM

It's the "Prudential Theory" of early life evolution on Earth. The single-celled organisms first joined together basically because as a group each individual's "life assurance" expenditures were lowered.

Sorry...it's a dull lunch today.

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Re: 2-Billion-Year-Old Fossils May Be Earliest Known Multicellular Life

07/03/2010 1:43 AM

evolution from apes? they can think of that, i'll stand with the creation

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