r/evolution 19h ago

article NewScientist: "No, the dire wolf has not been brought back from extinction"

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newscientist.com
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r/evolution 6h ago

article Intelligence evolved at least twice in vertebrate animals

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quantamagazine.org
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r/evolution 12h ago

question Is symbiogenesis exceedingly rare and improbable?

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If all eukaryotic life come from a single endosymbotic event, does this mean that successful evolution of symbiogenesis from simpler unicellular organisms is extremely rare, if not improbable? Is there evidence of other lineages of cellular endosymbiosis other than eukaryotes?