Scientists glimpse oddball microbe that could help explain rise of complex life

Right now I'm taking a course on the Origins of Life that is about exactly this subject, so it's nice to see it appearing in the more general media. If you're interested, you can learn about this type of research, by searching for the term LUCA (Last Universal Common Ancestor). It is quite fascinating, and especially when you dig deeper into how the different layers interconnect.

Here's a link to the course description: https://www.complexityexplorer.org/courses/95-origins-of-lif... . This session is just coming to a close, but it's such a good course I can easily imagine them running it again.