Cyanobacteria dramatically changed the composition of life forms on Earth by leading to the near-extinction of oxygen-intolerant organisms.

One tweak, multicellular life

About 800 million years ago, a minor change in GK‑PID may have enabled the jump to multicellularity.

Life’s Big Leap: From Single Cells to Many

Detailed image of onion epidermal cells under a microscope.

From colonies to cooperation

Cells stuck together by adhesion and then specialized, becoming dependent on the whole.

Life’s Big Leap: From Single Cells to Many

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