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Spawn of the triffid? Tiny organisms give us glimpse into complex evolutionary tale

Two newly discovered organisms point to the existence of an ancient organism that resembled a Tiny version of the lumbering, human-eating science fiction plants known as 'triffids,' according to research in the journal Nature. Rhodelphis limneticus: You can see the tiny flagella that allow this protist to move and hunt [Credit: Denis Tikhonenkov]The microscopic protists Rhodelphis Limneticus and Rhodelphis marinus are genetically...

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