{
  "id": 676657,
  "title": "A unifying framework for the evolution of metazoa and social insects, two major evolutionary transitions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/a-unifying-framework-for-the-evolution-of-metazoa-and-social-insects",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-07T07:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PNAS",
    "slug": "pnas",
    "url": "https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2530125123?af=R"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 32, August 2026. The evolution of life is characterized by major transitions, i.e., the evolution of new targets of selection (e.g., prokaryotes, eukaryotes, multicellular organisms, social insect colonies). They arose when preexisting lower-level units cooperated and ...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}