Behold, the origin story of every mitochondrion in your cells! The endosymbiotic hypothesis in its most elegant form: "Hey random archaeon, wanna adopt this angry bacterial child that produces energy?" "Sure, what could possibly go wrong?" Fast forward 1.5 billion years and here we are - complex multicellular organisms whose cells are basically just ancient archaeal parents still dealing with their moody bacterial roommates. Evolution's most successful shotgun wedding, and we're the weird descendants.
The Original Cellular Adoption Story

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