The fundamental division of forms of life on Earth is not that between plants and animals, as is commonly assumed, but between prokaryotes—organisms composed of cells with no nucleus, that is, bacteria—and eukaryotes—all other life forms.


Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Evolution from Our Microbial Ancestors (1986)

Lynn Margulis Quotes

The fundamental division of forms of life on Earth is not that between plants and animals, as is commonly assumed, but between...

The fundamental division of forms of life on Earth is not that between plants and animals, as is commonly assumed, but between...

The fundamental division of forms of life on Earth is not that between plants and animals, as is commonly assumed, but between...

The fundamental division of forms of life on Earth is not that between plants and animals, as is commonly assumed, but between...