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The earliest finds of probable eukaryotes in the oldest sediments of various regions are reviewed. It is possible that the first eukaryotes could have appeared as early as the Archean.
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This work was carried out according to the Program of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences No. 17 “Evolution of the organic world. The role and influence of planetary processes” (subprogram I “Development of life and biosphere processes”), supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 20-04-00043 and the Ministry of Higher Education and Science of the Russian Federation.
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Rozanov, A.Y., Astafieva, M.M. Archean Eukaryotes: A New Outlook. Paleontol. J. 54, 1–5 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030120010086
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