[blam]

"I think the discovery of the 'half-animal, half-plant' microbe shows part of the process of single-cell marine microbes evolving into plants."

I would have guessed the other way round.

[Mark Felton]

I would have guessed the other way round.

Why? What force is it that compels molecules to organize into animal-like systems rather than plant-like systems?

If they can readily convert energy into new cells and reproduce then what difference plant or animal?

I'm still wondering why chemicals suddenly "acquire" a motivation to replicate themselves.

Why on earth do chemicals "care" if they reproduce?

A hydrogen molecule can survive forever wondering about the universe "mating" with this atom or that molecule. Why is it that somehow when it connects up with a certain group of other atoms they suddenly decide to repoduce (which takes an awful lot of energy).

[AntiGuv]

No, microbes ate one another (like animals) before photosynthesis came along (i.e., plants).

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

"I think the discovery of the 'half-animal, half-plant' microbe shows part of the process of single-cell marine microbes evolving into plants."

I would have guessed the other way round.

Evolution is a religion.
A whale farts, and it becomes evidence for the missing link.