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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/sciencealert on 2024-11-18 03:15:34+00:00.

Original Title: Researchers have shown an ancient single-celled organism that pre-dates the first animals divides itself in a remarkably similar way to the process of embryonic cell division, suggesting life on Earth may have developed the ability to form embryos even before it grew the very first animals.