“This is the first time that life got big,” Laflamme ... had believed that the Cambrian explosion was the point when life on Earth opened out, kaboom, like a starburst of wondrous beasts ...

Few questions in the history of science eclipse the all-important investigation into how life first formed on Earth. Although there are many theories, one leading idea is that the hydrothermal vents ...

In a new peer reviewed analysis, scientists quantify amino acids before and after our “last universal common ancestor.” The ...

As life evolved on Earth, it used and created minerals for exoskeletons and habitats. The hundred minerals present when life first formed have grown to about 5,000 today. For example, zircons are ...

As life evolved on Earth, it used and created minerals for exoskeletons and habitats. The hundred minerals present when life first formed have grown to about 5,000 today. For example, zircons are ...

Three-million-year-old tools found in Kenya reveal early humans' ability to cut food, butcher meat, and adapt to new diets.

From 4.6 billion years ago when the Earth was red hot, the timeline illustrates the evolution of the first life forms through to plants photosynthesising, bacterial evolution, marine life ...

A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Scientists have spent an incredible amount of manpower attempting to determine what ...