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Cold climate produced by algae contributed to onset of multicellular life
02-13-2007 · EurekAlert!The rise of multicellular animals about 540 million years ago was a turning point in the history of life. A group of Finnish scientists suggests a new climate-biosphere interaction mechanism for the underlying processes in a new study, which will be published on Feb. 14, 2007, in PLoS ONE, the international, peer-reviewed, open-access, online publication from the Public Library of Science.
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