Researchers investigate into the various lineages of Asgard archae, and determine one related to Hods as the ancestor of ...

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

In the 1970s, an entirely new group of organisms that were not bacterial or eukaryotic was discovered - archaea. Some archaea can survive in extreme environments, such as near hot, thermal vents in ...