<p>Scientists have long sought evidence for the beginnings of complex life on Earth. The big problem? Such ancient life isn't so big! It's downright microscopic. And fossil evidence of microscopic cells is difficult to find, image, analyze and interpret in sediments billions of years old. "But why go that far back?" some scientists are asking. Evidence for early complex life forms may reside in sediments of today.</p>
<p>In a news report summarizing several recent research articles, Elizabeth Pennisi notes in the journal Science how teams of microbiologists at institutions around the globe have been examining tiny tentacled microbes dubbed Asgards. Such critters, which have been placed in the relatively rudimentary domain of life called the archaea, are being pulled up from contemporary marine sediments in places as dispersed as Slovenia, Japan&nbsp;and the Gulf of California. Genetic and other analyses suggest Asgards may well be precursors to eukaryotes, or the domain of complex life that includes such simple forms as yeast as well as you and me!</p>

To Find the Beginnings of Complex Life on Earth

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