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Earth's plate tectonics fired up hundreds of millions of years earlier than we thought, ancient crystals reveal
In this era, known as the Hadean, Earth was fresh and piping hot, with an ammonia-and-methane atmosphere imbued with enough water to eventually condense into a planet-wide ocean. During this ...
From Lava to Life: Unlocking Earth’s Oldest Mysteries
Exploring the transformation of Earth from a volcanic hellscape to a potential birthplace of life during the Hadean era.
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Everyone on Earth shares the same single ancestor – and no, it's not Adam
Diversity is the ultimate key to beauty – just look around you and you’ll see. Yet, flowers, animals, landscapes and humans ...
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Deep Time
The Precambrian encompasses 86 percent of the history of Earth. As its name implies, this includes all of geological time prior to the Cambrian period. Hadean Era (4,550-3,850 mya) The Precambrian ...
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Major events in the evolution of amino acid synthesis
The way amino acids are synthesized has changed during the history of Earth. The Hadean eon represents the time from which Earth first formed. The subsequent Archean eon (approximately 3,500 ...