A break in a longstanding mystery about origin of complex life

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Source: University of Texas at Austin

One of our microbial ancestors was part of a group called the Asgard archaea, which today live primarily in the deep sea and other oxygen-free spaces. Now scientists have found that some Asgards use, or at least tolerate oxygen.

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