Significance of prokaryote evolution to enable multi-cellular life to exist?

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The discussion centers on the endosymbiotic theory and its connection to the evolution of multicellular organisms. It emphasizes that the endosymbiotic theory, which explains the origin of eukaryotic cells, may not directly relate to the transition from unicellular to multicellular life. Additionally, it highlights that multicellular organization is observable in certain bacteria, suggesting that the evolution of multicellularity likely began independently in eukaryotes rather than stemming from prokaryotic organisms.
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That is, if these cells even had anything to do with it. We're only going by the endosymbiotic theory.
 
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endosymbiotic theory and the step from unicellular to multi-cellular evolution are not necessarily related. Furthermore, multicellular organization can be seen in bacteria, to a certain extent. The evolution to multicellular organisms from unicellular probably started in eukaryotes independently of the prokaryotes.
 

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