By studying liverworts – which diverged from other land plants early in the history of plant evolution – researchers from the Sainsbury Laboratory at the University of Cambridge have found […]
University of Cambridge
Posted inHabitable Zones, Press Release
Habitable Planets Around Pulsars Theoretically Possible
It is theoretically possible that habitable planets exist around pulsars. Such planets must have an enormous atmosphere that convert the deadly X-rays and high-energy particles of the pulsar into heat. […]
Posted inFossils & Paleontology, Press Release
Primitive Deuterostome From 540 Million Years Ago Discovered
Researchers have identified traces of what they believe is the earliest known prehistoric ancestor of humans – a microscopic, bag-like sea creature, which lived about 540 million years ago. Named […]
Posted inFossils & Paleontology, Origin & Evolution of Life, Press Release
Earliest Evidence of Reproduction in a Complex Organism
A new study of 565 million-year-old fossils has identified how some of the first complex organisms on Earth possibly some of the first animals to exist reproduced, revealing the origins […]
Posted inFossils & Paleontology
New Home for an Evolutionary Misfit
One of the most bizarre-looking fossils ever found – a worm-like creature with legs, spikes and a head difficult to distinguish from its tail – has found its place in […]
Posted inFossils & Paleontology, Origin & Evolution of Life
How Some of Earth's Earliest Animals Lived and Died
New three-dimensional reconstructions show how some of the earliest animals on Earth developed, and provide some answers as to why they went extinct. A bizarre group of uniquely shaped organisms […]
Posted inBiogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Origin & Evolution of Life, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Reconstructed Ancient Ocean Reveals Secrets About the Origin of Life
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have published details about how the first organisms on Earth could have become metabolically active. The results, which are reported in the journal Molecular […]