Comments on: Oases of Bacteria Provided Oxygen to Spark Evolution of First Multicellular Animals http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/05/16/oases-of-bacteria-provided-oxygen-to-spark-evolution-of-first-multicellular-animals/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day's most compelling topics. Wed, 23 May 2012 19:57:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kyle http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/05/16/oases-of-bacteria-provided-oxygen-to-spark-evolution-of-first-multicellular-animals/comment-page-1/#comment-932684 Kyle Thu, 19 May 2011 23:31:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=29042#comment-932684 No problem :) Also, Torbjorn (sorry, don't know how to do the accent)'s idea is really interesting. No problem :)

Also, Torbjorn (sorry, don’t know how to do the accent)’s idea is really interesting.

]]> By: Frank http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/05/16/oases-of-bacteria-provided-oxygen-to-spark-evolution-of-first-multicellular-animals/comment-page-1/#comment-929207 Frank Thu, 19 May 2011 04:20:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=29042#comment-929207 @ Kyle Well that sure clears it up lol. I've never seen the plural form of the word before so I unaware. Thanks for the verification! @ Kyle

Well that sure clears it up lol. I’ve never seen the plural form of the word before so I unaware. Thanks for the verification!

]]> By: Kyle http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/05/16/oases-of-bacteria-provided-oxygen-to-spark-evolution-of-first-multicellular-animals/comment-page-1/#comment-924925 Kyle Wed, 18 May 2011 03:41:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=29042#comment-924925 "Oases" is the plural of oasis. “Oases” is the plural of oasis.

]]> By: Frank http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/05/16/oases-of-bacteria-provided-oxygen-to-spark-evolution-of-first-multicellular-animals/comment-page-1/#comment-924803 Frank Wed, 18 May 2011 03:01:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=29042#comment-924803 I believe the first word in the title is spelt "Oasis". I may be wrong, but just pointing that out. I believe the first word in the title is spelt “Oasis”. I may be wrong, but just pointing that out.

]]> By: Torbjörn Larsson, OM http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/05/16/oases-of-bacteria-provided-oxygen-to-spark-evolution-of-first-multicellular-animals/comment-page-1/#comment-919396 Torbjörn Larsson, OM Tue, 17 May 2011 00:25:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=29042#comment-919396 Also the mat would use up oxygen too during the night. But instead of pointing out the problem with hibernation, isn't this a potential solution to the problem of why _all_ animals sleep? Such a basal and seemingly tightly locked in trait, for no apparent reason, may have been a result of such a potent bottleneck ecology. Also the mat would use up oxygen too during the night.

But instead of pointing out the problem with hibernation, isn’t this a potential solution to the problem of why _all_ animals sleep? Such a basal and seemingly tightly locked in trait, for no apparent reason, may have been a result of such a potent bottleneck ecology.

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