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organism

[awr-guh-niz-uhm] / ˈɔr gəˌnɪz əm /


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These chemical fossils are traces of biological molecules once produced by living organisms that were later buried, altered, and locked into sediment for hundreds of millions of years.

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To retrieve the organism, the team drilled a 25-meter ice core from a section of the cave called the Great Hall, capturing a frozen record spanning 13,000 years.

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How did these two organisms meet if one required oxygen to survive while the other was believed to thrive only in oxygen-free environments?

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Ion channels are tiny openings that control the movement of charged particles in living organisms.

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That shift permanently altered the planet and paved the way for oxygen breathing organisms to evolve and thrive.

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