This study is led by Dr. Wei Wei, PhD student Lin-Hui Dong, and Prof. Fang Huang at the University of Science and Technology of China. Excess barium contents (Baexcess) and […]
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Posted inBiosignatures & Paleobiology, Fossils & Paleontology, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Microbiology & Virology, Origin & Evolution of Life, Press Release
520-million-year-old worm Fossil Solves Mystery Of How Modern Insects, Spiders and Crabs Evolved
A new study led by researchers at Durham University have uncovered an incredibly rare and detailed fossil, named Youti yuanshi, that gives a peek inside one of the earliest ancestors […]
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Mass Extinction 66 million Years Ago Triggered Rapid Evolution Of Bird Genomes
Shortly after an asteroid slammed into Earth 66 million years ago, life for non-avian dinosaurs ended, but the evolutionary story for the early ancestors of birds began.
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Unlocking The Secrets Of Evolution
Ever since Darwin published his landmark theory of how species evolve, biologists have been fascinated with the intricate mechanisms that make evolution possible.
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Fossils & Paleontology, Origin & Evolution of Life, Press Release
Complex Life On Earth May Have Begun Around 1.5 Billion Years Earlier Than Previously Thought
Until now, scientists broadly accepted animals first emerged on Earth 635 million years ago.
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Ancient Microbes Offer Clues To How Complex Life Evolved
A new study published in Science Advances reveals a surprising twist in the evolutionary history of complex life. Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have discovered that a single-celled […]
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Insight Into One Of Life’s Earliest Ancestors Revealed In A New Study
An international team of researchers led by the University of Bristol has shed light on Earth’s earliest ecosystem, showing that within a few hundred million years of planetary formation, life […]
Posted inBiochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Microbiology & Virology, Origin & Evolution of Life, Status Report
Oxygen Metabolism In Descendants Of The Archaeal-Eukaryotic Ancestor
Asgard archaea were pivotal in the origin of complex cellular life. Hodarchaeales (Asgardarchaeota class Heimdallarchaeia) were recently shown to be the closest relatives of eukaryotes. However, limited sampling of these […]
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Why The Harsh Snowball Earth Kick-started Our Earliest Multicellular Ancestors
For a billion years, single-celled eukaryotes ruled the planet. Then around 700 million years ago during Snowball Earth — a geologic era when glaciers may have stretched as far as […]
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Ammonites’ Fate Sealed By The Meteor Impact That Wiped Out The Dinosaurs
Ammonites were not in decline before their extinction, scientists have found.