OT... When two life forms become one. Birth of a new organelle

For the first time in one billion years, two lifeforms truly merged into one organism | Popular Science (popsci.com)

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I saw that article. Fascinating. Regarding rare events, there’s going to be a supernova visible to the naked eye, between now and September, near the constellation Bootes.

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I am looking forward to that. It will be somewhat underwhelming visually. However, it’s rarity is something special. I will be looking up when it shows.

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Fascinating to peak into evolution at this level of detail. Thanks for sharing!

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Newly discovered doesn’t mean new. I wonder how they know the merger didn’t happen a billion years ago.

Isn’t that the definition of marriage?

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The article says they think this process could have started 100 million years ago. We’d presumably have to read the paper to find out where that estimate came from.