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Correction to: Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06186-2 Published online 14 June 2023Our manuscript included a phylogenomic study of the evolutionary relationship between eukaryotes and Asgard archaea, showing that eukaryotes likely emerged from a bona fide Asgard archaeal ancestor. Our results suggested that eukaryotes and the heimdallarchaeial order Hodarchaeales form a monophyletic group. A set of 57 phylogenetic markers (NM57) was central to reach these conclusions. After the publication of our study, we noticed that three of these markers were partially redundant, as they belong to paralogous families. We have therefore reduced this dataset to 54 non-redundant markers (NM54; we removed markers M127, M028, and MA54) and used the same methodology to re-run all phylogenomic analyses presented in the paper.The results of the analyses of the corrected dataset are consistent with the original findings: while we observe small variations in statistical support, the overall trends support that eukaryotes are placed within Heimdallarchaeia, as sister-group to the order Hodarchaeales when both Susko-Roger-4 (SR4)-recoding and Fast-site removal (FSR) treatments were combined.A full discussion of changes to the article is available as Supplementary information accompanying this amendment. Text, figures and Supplementary information have been amended in the HTML and PDF versions of the article.Supplementary information is available in the online version of this amendment. Author informationAuthor notesDaniel TamaritPresent address: Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The NetherlandsCourtney W. StairsPresent address: Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, SwedenValerie De Anda & Brett J. BakerPresent address: Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas Austin, Austin, TX, USAKiley W. SeitzPresent address: Structural and Computational Biology, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, GermanyNina DombrowskiPresent address: Department of Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry, NIOZ, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, AB Den Burg, The NetherlandsWilliam H. LewisPresent address: Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKJimmy H. SawPresent address: Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USAThese authors contributed equally: Laura Eme, Daniel Tamarit, Eva F. CaceresAuthors and AffiliationsDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenLaura Eme, Daniel Tamarit, Eva F. Caceres, Courtney W. Stairs, Max E. Schön, William H. Lewis, Jimmy H. Saw, Jonathan Lombard & Thijs J. G. EttemaLaboratoire Écologie, Systématique, Évolution, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, AgroParisTech, Gif-sur-Yvette, FranceLaura EmeLaboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The NetherlandsDaniel Tamarit, Eva F. Caceres, William H. Lewis, Felix Homa & Thijs J. G. EttemaDepartment of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, SwedenDaniel TamaritDepartment of Marine Science, Marine Science Institute, University of Texas Austin, Port Aransas, TX, USAValerie De Anda, Kiley W. Seitz, Nina Dombrowski & Brett J. BakerResearch Center for Bioscience and Nanoscience (CeBN), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, JapanTakuro NunouraState Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, PR ChinaWen-Jun LiChinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, PR ChinaZheng-Shuang HuaDepartment of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USALin-Xing Chen & Jillian F. BanfieldDepartment of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USAJillian F. BanfieldDepartment of Biology, Portland State University, Portland, OR, USAEmily St John & Anna-Louise ReysenbachSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New ZealandMatthew B. StottSection for Microbiology, Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, DenmarkAndreas Schramm & Kasper U. KjeldsenDepartment of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USAAndreas P. TeskeAuthorsLaura EmeDaniel TamaritEva F. CaceresCourtney W. StairsValerie De AndaMax E. SchönKiley W. SeitzNina DombrowskiWilliam H. LewisFelix HomaJimmy H. SawJonathan LombardTakuro NunouraWen-Jun LiZheng-Shuang HuaLin-Xing ChenJillian F. BanfieldEmily St JohnAnna-Louise ReysenbachMatthew B. StottAndreas SchrammKasper U. KjeldsenAndreas P. TeskeBrett J. BakerThijs J. G. EttemaCorresponding authorCorrespondence to Thijs J. G. 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Author Correction: Inference and reconstruction of the heimdallarchaeial ancestry of eukaryotes. Nature (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10115-4Download citationPublished: 11 February 2026Version of record: 11 February 2026DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10115-4