Comment on De novo origins of multicellularity in response to predationparentComments−cmrdporcupine7yUnicellular in the form of bacterium may in fact not be that much of a jump. It may even have happened twice in the form of archaea and bacterium.The jump from prokaryotic to eukaryotic is far more intimidating.−andrewflnr7yThat's actually happened a bunch of times, too. I'm just going to link to a comment I made a while back: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18456049"Diatom-derived plastids" blew my mind.
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Unicellular in the form of bacterium may in fact not be that much of a jump. It may even have happened twice in the form of archaea and bacterium.
The jump from prokaryotic to eukaryotic is far more intimidating.
That's actually happened a bunch of times, too. I'm just going to link to a comment I made a while back: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18456049
"Diatom-derived plastids" blew my mind.