New research reveals fungi, not plants, were Earth's first land colonizers, emerging hundreds of millions of years earlier.
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Fungi’s ancient origins: How they shaped life on Earth a billion years ago
The findings show that the common ancestor of the extant fungi was about 1.4 to 900 million years ago. That is far earlier ...
New research shows fungi diversified nearly a billion years ago, shaping soils and ecosystems long before plants colonized ...
Fungi arose long before plants, shaping Earth with early soils and nutrient cycles. Their hidden legacy shows they may have ...
Fungi may have shaped Earth’s landscapes long before plants appeared. By combining rare gene transfers with fossil evidence, researchers have traced fungal origins back nearly a billion years earlier ...
The Copernican Principle, named in honor of Nicolaus Copernicus (who proposed the heliocentric model of the universe), states ...
The Copernican Principle, named in honor of Nicolaus Copernicus (who proposed the heliocentric model of the Universe), states ...
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Fungi may have set the stage for life on land hundreds of millions of years earlier than thought
New research published in Nature Ecology & Evolution sheds light on the timelines and pathways of evolution of fungi, finding ...
Scientists think Uranus’s moon Ariel once had a hidden ocean beneath its icy shell. The moon’s orbit stretched enough to ...
A group of scientists has debunked claims made in a popular podcast featuring Joe Rogan and Jordan Peterson, which suggest ...
New research published in Nature Ecology & Evolution sheds light on the timelines and pathways of evolution of fungi, finding ...
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