Study: Early Complex Life Forms Were Bottom-Dwellers

May 27, 2026 - 16:00
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Study: Early Complex Life Forms Were Bottom-Dwellers
Fossil eukaryotes from Northern Territory, Australia. Image credit: Lechte et al., doi: 10.1038/s41586-026-10533-4.

Analyzing 1.75-billion-year-old microfossils from ancient Australian seabeds, paleontologists say ancient eukaryotes -- the ancestors of every plant, animal and fungus -- huddled in oxygenated seafloor patches for over a billion years before breaking free into open water.

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