The Momentous Transition to Multicellular Life | Science

Note: This article is illustrated by many images and videos taken in the 麻花星空视频 Embryology Course and features the research of Nicole King of University of California, Berkeley, who will become co-director of the 麻花星空视频 Physiology Course in 2019.

Billions of years ago, life crossed a threshold. Single cells started to band together, and a world of formless, unicellular life was on course to evolve into the riot of shapes and functions of multicellular life today, from ants to pear trees to people. It's a transition as momentous as any in the history of life, and until recently we had no idea how it happened.
Source: