Origin of Life
Researchers studied ancient rock formations from South Africa's Barberton greenstone belt, with some of the oldest rocks on Earth, dating back 3.5 billion years.
"These new isotopic measurements of meteorites provide exciting answers to these questions about our origins and what made the Earth so special."
Rocks found to contain structures that may have been created by microbes 3.7 billion years ago.
The "primordial soup" explanation has some serious holes in it, so scientists have a new hypothesis.
“At the higher temperatures that seem to have prevailed during the early phase of life, evolution was shaking the dice frantically.”
Life’s first handshake.
The findings support the theory that the building blocks for life were delivered to Earth with comets.