Neither plant nor animal, but essential to both.
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FUNGI EVOLUTION
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~1.9 Billion years ago (+/- 100 million)
Bacterial Endosymbiosis: Origin of Eukaryotes
Bacteria are added to eukaryote ancestor cells
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By 2.4 billion years ago, bacteria are added to cells and within the archaea group and eukaryotes emerge. You are a walking ecosystem. A Chimera, a hybrid creature made of an Archaea host and trillions of Bacterial power-plants. Without that theft 2 billion years ago for the massive energy boost needed for muscle and brains, life would likely still be just a thin layer of slime on the ocean floor.
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The P-T Extinction
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Fungi Evolution
Neither plant nor animal, but essential to both.
The hidden kingdom beneath our feet.
Fungi evolution tells the story of one of life’s most overlooked success stories. Fungi helped break down dead matter, recycle nutrients, and form deep partnerships with plants that helped reshape life on land. Neither plant nor animal, fungi followed their own remarkable path, quietly supporting ecosystems for hundreds of millions of years. Understanding fungi evolution reveals that some of nature’s greatest powers work mostly out of sight.
