Australian microbe research is helping improve our understanding of the potential for life in extreme environments, offering ...

When complex life emerged on the ancient Earth, it looked like nothing we would recognise today. At the south-eastern tip of Newfoundland, rugged cliffs rise imposingly above the sea. The craggy ...

Ancient life: These clumps of iron and filaments show similarities to modern microbes Scientists have discovered what they say could be fossils of some of the earliest living organisms on Earth ...

Analysis of organic traces preserved in ancient Australian rocks — among Earth's oldest — provided evidence that of microbial life 3.5 billion years ago. Skip to main content Open menu Close menu ...

The earliest evidence for life on Earth arises among the oldest rocks still preserved on the planet, dating back some 4 billion years. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu ...

Ancient oceans with phosphorus-rich waters may have supported some of Earth’s earliest microbial life, according to a new ...

Scientists suggest microlightning in water droplets could have sparked the creation of Earth's earliest organic molecules. The new research, published in Science Advances, builds upon the landmark ...

Curtin University. (2024, June 3). Fresh findings: Earliest evidence of life-bringing freshwater on Earth. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 06 ...

The isotopic composition of carbon in iron formations from the Saglek-Hebron Complex in Nunatsiavut (northern Labrador) has been seen as evidence of the earliest traces of life on Earth. But a new ...

Any claim for the earliest life on Earth attracts scepticism. That is understandable. It is often hard to prove that certain structures could not also have been produced by non-biological processes.

When complex life emerged on the ancient Earth, it looked like nothing we would recognise today.