Bacteria used oxygen far earlier than expected, reshaping views on early life, evolution, and photosynthesis origins.

One thing geology teaches us about is the existence of another monumental event in the history of Earth, 2.4 billion years ...

Scientists have helped to construct a detailed timeline for bacterial evolution, suggesting some bacteria used oxygen long before evolving the ability to produce it through photosynthesis.

Researchers have used machine learning, genomic data, fossils and the Earth’s geochemical history to create a timeline of ...