Roughly three billion years of competition between eukaryotic and bacterial cells, with extremely diverse methods of reproduction and metabolism, mixing genes with one another through sexual exchange and engulfing one another to co-opt their talents.
We eukaryots only made it out by the skin of our teeth, the archaea have definitely won out on this planet in terms of mass, numbers, survival strategies, and endurance through stressful conditions. Many of these single-celled organisms are more complex in their metabolic strategies than any animal, plant, or fungi.
We eukaryots only made it out by the skin of our teeth, the archaea have definitely won out on this planet in terms of mass, numbers, survival strategies, and endurance through stressful conditions. Many of these single-celled organisms are more complex in their metabolic strategies than any animal, plant, or fungi.