Billions of years ago, Earth’s atmosphere was hostile, with barely any oxygen and toxic conditions for life. Researchers from the Earth-Life Science Institute studied Japan’s iron-rich hot springs, ...
Ancient hot springs in Japan reveal how microbes adapted to Earth’s first oxygen, offering insights into early life.
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Earth's oxygen boom: How nickel and urea in early oceans shaped microbial life and set the stage
The appearance of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere was a turning point in the history of our planet, forever transforming the ...
All life on Earth can be traced back to a Last Universal Common Ancestor, or LUCA. A study suggests that this organism likely lived on Earth only 400 million years after its formation. Further ...
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Microbes in deep-sea volcanoes can help scientists learn about early life on Earth, or even life beyond our planet
People have long wondered what life was first like on Earth, and if there is life in our solar system beyond our planet. Scientists have reason to believe that some of the moons in our solar ...
The question of when life began on Earth is as old as human culture. “It's one of these fundamental human questions: When did life appear on Earth?” said Professor Martin Whitehouse of the Swedish ...
A new study published in July 2025 tackles one of science's most profound mysteries—how did life first emerge from nonliving matter on early Earth? Using cutting edge mathematical approaches, ...
When you imagine a nature documentary, whose voice do you hear? The answer is likely Sir David Attenborough — biologist, natural historian, writer and iconic TV personality. He’s been our guide ...
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