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Bacterial superorganisms must evolve defenses to fight off infections, and microbiologists found that they use a weapons cache coincidentally similar to that of the human immune system.

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Bacteria Breed Multicellularity?

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Evolving Multicellularity

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Early freshwater life

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The Evolution of Volvox

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