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Experiment Recreates First Contact That Formed Complex Life

2026-04-29 Science & Technology
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Support this channel on Patreon to help me make this a full time job: https://www.patreon.com/whatdamath (Unreleased videos, extra footage, DMs, no ads) Alternatively, PayPal donations can be sent here: http://paypal.me/whatdamath Get a Wonderful Person Tee: https://teespring.com/stores/whatdamath More cool designs are on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3QFIrFX Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about the formation of first complex life Links: https://www.cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0960-9822%2826%2900330-1 https://theconversation.com/how-the-oceans-hydrothermal-systems-made-the-first-life-on-earth-possible-271920 https://theconversation.com/first-contact-that-may-have-led-to-complex-life-on-earth-finally-witnessed-by-scientists-280173 https://www.uwa.edu.au/oceans-institute/expeditions/gathaagudu-animal-tracking Other videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4g1Oi6SoB8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y75hzZjSjSA https://youtu.be/G4ojdNvknp4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4g1Oi6SoB8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzqXeAtDnTA #originoflife #biology #earth 0:00 Origins of complex life on Earth 1:00 Gathaagudu or Shark Bay and its stromatolites 2:10 Archae and why they matter - formation of eukaryotes 3:30 Asgard archaea 4:40 Study tries to grow complex life 5:40 What was done and why it matters 7:30 Additional research on where this started 9:35 Implications and conclusions Enjoy and please subscribe Bitcoin/Ethereum to spare? Donate them here to help this channel grow! bc1qnkl3nk0zt7w0xzrgur9pnkcduj7a3xxllcn7d4 or ETH: 0x60f088B10b03115405d313f964BeA93eF0Bd3DbF The hardware used to record these videos: New Camera: https://amzn.to/4pCVINS CPU: https://amzn.to/4qXIaxC Video Card: https://amzn.to/2M1W26C Motherboard: https://amzn.to/2JYGiQQ RAM: https://amzn.to/2Mwy2t4 PSU: https://amzn.to/2LZcrIH Case: https://amzn.to/2MwJZz4 Microphone: https://amzn.to/2t5jTv0 Mixer: https://amzn.to/2JOL0oF Recording and Editing: https://amzn.to/2LX6uvU Some of the above are affiliate links, meaning I would get a (very small) percentage of the price paid. Thank you to all Patreon supporters of this channel Special thanks also goes to all the wonderful supporters of the channel through YouTube Memberships Credit: Mark Garlick www.markgarlick.com Iain Duggin, Debnath Ghosal, Brendan Burns  Brendan Burns Debnath Ghosal Thiago Rodrigues-Oliveira, University of Vienna. Paul Harrison CC BY SA 3.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbial_mat#/media/File:Stromatolites_in_Sharkbay.jpg Eosmanov CC BY Sa 4.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endosymbiont#/media/File:Endosymbiotic_theory.svg Licenses used: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and relevant Creative Commons licenses

Top Comments (10)

@artronteruse 2026-04-29

Finally, complex life in Australia 😂

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@robertsherwood2153 2026-04-29

Am I the only one who physically waves goodbye to Anton at the end of videos?😂❤. Love you, Anton!

613 117 replies
@MrRozebud 2026-04-29

When a tiny microbe and an unusual archaea love each other very much...

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@crazyforcanada 2026-04-30

Human beings are the survival strategy of a mitochondrion.

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@M3Etasmania 2026-04-29

I lived in Shark Bay when I was a child for a while.... I remember my father showing me the stromatolites.

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@holidaynova 2026-04-29

cooperation instead of competition is the biggest insight, whoever thought life is about competition was the competitive minded one.

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@NoelMcGinnis 2026-04-30

“Except in the Shakespearean version, they both die”. 😂 A rare joke from Anton.

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@treyweaver5396 2026-04-29

I'm surprised you didn't mention the search for LUCA cells. In the 1980s, my undergrade degree was Biochemistry (now called Molecular Biology) Around 40 years ago I did research on Protein Purification, which was much harder then. My Professor was interested mainly in 1 carbon transfer enzyme systems. My project was a try and purify an enjyme from a bacteria in Legume Plant root nodules which convert atmospheric Nitrogen into a bioavailable form for the plants.

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@XYGamingRemedyG 2026-04-30

3:28 "you can learn about the mitochondria, the powerhouse of the cell, in the American school system"

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@biikih1641 2026-04-30

For those that need context: The video notes several limitations and challenges regarding the study of these microbes: • Difficulty in cultivation: Asgard archaea are described as being "incredibly difficult to study in the lab" primarily because they grow very slowly and rely on other organisms for survival, which made much of the earlier research on their relationship with bacteria purely hypothetical (4:24 - 4:37). • Nature of the evidence: While the new 3D imaging provided a "visual model" of the interaction, the speaker acknowledges that broader theories regarding where and how this life began—such as the role of asteroid impacts or specific hydrothermal environments—remain "very hypothetical" and are currently based on "mathematical models and theoretical predictions, not actual physical observations" (9:17 - 9:28).

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