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'She loves me, she loves me not': Physical forces encouraged evolution of multicellular life, scientists propose

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First known instance of multicellularity was about 2.5 billion years ago , when marine cells ( cyanobacteria ) hooked up to form filamentous colonies.

Stentor is a trumpet-shaped, single-celled organism that can grow up to 2 mm long.

Two neighboring Stentors in a colony can double the flow rate of water into their mouths, as compared to their individual capacity.

Scientists think their Stentor model precedes other models of early multicellularity.

"This is earlier, much earlier in evolution where happy single cells said, OK, let's hang out together and benefit, but then let's go back to being single again".

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