Overview

• The study focused on Chromosphaera perkinsii, a unicellular organism discovered in 2017, which predates animals by over a billion years.
• Scientists found that C. perkinsii forms multicellular colonies resembling early animal embryos.
• This behavior suggests that the genetic framework for egg development existed before animals evolved.
• The research implies that multicellular development mechanisms may have evolved independently in C. perkinsii.
• Published in Nature, the study provides new insights into the transition from unicellular to multicellular life.