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Meet your closest single-celled relative
Invisible to the naked eye, this marine organism is believed to be the closest single-celled relative of all animals. Thibaut Brunet, a researcher at the Institut Pasteur, takes us into the world of choanoflagellates to trace the thread of our evolution.
© Script: Jeanne Fenouil and Sacha Tembe - Filmmaking: Jeanne Fenouil (video in french, english subtitles available translated by AI)
Invisible to the naked eye... and yet, this tiny organism is your closest cousin!
Choanoflagellates are marine microorganisms that often live alone... but sometimes in colonies. These simple groupings may well have inspired the birth of the first multicellular beings.
Thibaut Brunet, a researcher at the Institut Pasteur, explains how studying these organisms helps us understand our origins and the evolution of life.
From the microscopic to the human, everything is connected.