Trulove, Susan2013-05-062013-05-062004-03-16http://hdl.handle.net/10919/20844A billion years ago (the Neoproterozoic age), complex single-celled organisms, acritarchs, began to develop, grow, and thrive. Almost a billion years later, the study of the evolutionary history of acritarchs began to bog down amid inconsistencies in the reporting of the diversity of species.text/htmlIn CopyrightInnovative study clarifies evolutionary history of early complex single-celled organismsPress releaseVirginia Tech. University Relations