The origin of phagocytosis in Earth history

Dan Mills has published a review paper focusing on the temporal origins of phagocytosis and the implications for the Earth system. This paper is published in a theme volume based on a wonderful Royal Society meeting organized by Tim Lenton, Rachel Wood, Phil Donoghue, and others that Dan and Erik Sperling attended in September. The paper goes through the various possibilities for the temporal origins of eukaryogenesis, phagotrophy, and eukaryovary, and dissects the implications of each scenario. And while normally saying a paper 'has a great glossary' might be a back-handed complement, truly the glossary in this paper is unique in our field as it clearly explains a large number of cell biology and protistology terms and actually allows a reader with an Earth history background to really dig into the modern literature on eukaryogenesis and phagotrophy. The paper has been published here in the journal Interface Focus.