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danbmills.bsky.social
Geo- & astrobiologist at the University of Munich // co-evolution of #eukaryotes and the #Proterozoic biosphere // unrepentant Gaian and Margulis devotee www.danielbradymills.com
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"The total amount of intracellular phosphate stored in the benthic foraminifer Ammonia confertitesta in the Wadden Sea during a bloom is as high as around 5% of the annual consumption of phosphorus (P) fertilizer in Germany."

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Very excited to see this! "Thus, we can deduce that [the first eukaryote common ancestor] was an anaerobic, syntrophic, peptide-degrading, mesophilic archaeon that had simple cell structure with branching protrusions and no endomembrane system."

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#OverheardAtCarnegie: “Those who look through microscopes too rarely talk to people who look through telescopes.”

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Adding planktonic algae to anoxic marine sediments promotes the anaerobic growth of phagotrophic #eukaryotes. The #Neoproterozoic Rise of Algae may have similarly promoted benthic phagotrophs, directing carbon, energy, and nutrients to early animals. #ProtistsOnSky www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

Our latest: a Richard Boyle (Exeter) production, using simulations to show how differential selection of biogeochemical cycles can lead to planetary homeostasis, with some empirical data from @emoody.bsky.social and @sabifo4.bsky.social @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social

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Had fun writing this with @jmacalad.bsky.social and @astrowright.bsky.social!

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The "hard-steps" model argues that human-like life was unlikely to evolve on Earth and is vanishingly rare in the Universe. Here, in our new Science Advances article, we challenge its foundational logic: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

submitted 13 days ago • 4 comments