For decades, many scientists have relied on the "hard steps" model to suggest that intelligent life is rare — the improbable ...

In other words, perhaps MMB is caught in a stage of evolution between a single-celled organism and a more complex, ...

Comb jellies "could repurpose [their] genetic toolkit in different ways like a Swiss knife," said the researchers.

The biological taxonomy system can be a confusing and sometimes imperfect method for categorizing life. However, it can also ...

Life depends on genes being switched on and off at exactly the right time. Even the simplest living organisms do this, but ...

Later, animals - multicellular organisms - evolved, developing from a single cell, the egg cell, to form complex beings. This embryonic development follows precise stages that are remarkably ...

In other words, perhaps MMB is caught in a stage of evolution between a single-celled organism and a more complex, multicellular form of life, like an insect or a fish.. In other words ...

Researchers have made a surprising discovery of Henneguya salminicola, a microscopic parasite residing in salmon muscles, as ...

A research team from the School of Biomedical Sciences, LKS Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), in ...

HKUMed used the ancient choanoflagellate SOX protein to create stem cells and implanted them into mice, successfully contributing to healthy mice. The ...

The discovery could be the “missing link” in the evolution of animals ... The fossil offers new insight into the transition of single celled organisms to complex, multicellular animals. Modern ...