Honing in on when life on Earth evolved from single-celled to multicellular organisms is no easy task. Organisms that old lacked many distinguishing characteristics of modern life forms, making their ...

The evolution of multicellular life has played a pivotal role in shaping biological diversity. However, we have up until now known surprisingly little about the natural environmental conditions that ...

Scientists may be one step closer to determining when exactly photosynthesizing plants (Viridiplantae) first evolved, with the discovery of a new species of ancient algae they have named Proterocladus ...

MILWAUKEE, March 22 (UPI) --Researchers have discovered some of the oldest evidence of multicellular organisms. Scientists hope the newly discovered marine algae fossils, ancient ancestors of seaweed, ...

The following is an extract from our nature newsletter Wild Wild Life. Sign up to receive it for free in your inbox every month. New Scientist recently reported on something I’d never heard of before: ...

A single gene is responsible for the evolution of multicellular organisms, new research indicates. Scientists were looking for what caused single-celled organisms to evolve into multicellular ...

All together now: yeasts can evolve to form snowflake-like multicellular shapes (Image: Courtesy of Jennifer Pentz, Georgia Tech) The leap from single-celled life to multicellular ...

University of Bristol provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. People often underestimate tiny beings. But microscopic algal cells not only evolved to thrive in one of the most ...