Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, challenging beliefs about how our continents formed and when plate tectonics began.

Until now, it’s been very hard for scientists to establish a detailed timeline of the early evolution of bacteria.

Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth’s early geological history, challenging beliefs about how our continents formed and when plate tectonics began. A study ...

Recent research led by the University of Bristol has made waves by pushing back the timeline of Earth’s earliest life form by ...

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Early Earth's evolution "Our research shows that the chemical signatures we see in the continental crust were created in Earth's earliest period—regardless of how the planet's surface was ...

But how did the evolution of life proceed through the early history of the Earth? Comparing DNA sequences ... our approach produced a detailed timeline of bacterial evolution.

Scientists discovered complex life may have started 1.5 billion years earlier than previously thought thanks to phosphorus.

If so, this pushes the timeline for potential life ... that has shown that at least some of the earth’s water was delivered by comets early in the planet’s history. They also confirm that ...