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Asgard archaea suggest crawling motility may be far older than previously thought

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SignalsMonitor is following this as a technology story. Phys.org Breaking News is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 30 Sept 2026, 15:00 UTC. The headline in use is “Asgard archaea suggest crawling motility may be far older than previously thought”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Asgard archaea, our closest known microbial relatives, play a key role in current models of the origin of more complex organisms, known as eukaryotes (all animals, plants, protists and fungi). However, their biology has so far been poorly understood.
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Asgard archaea suggest crawling motility may be far older than previously thought
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