Dormancy: Life's first survival strategy?
The early Earth was an extreme place. Asteroids pommeled the surface. Volcanoes spewed lava and carbon dioxide. The thick, ...
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Alien life may look nothing like life on Earth — so how should we go about looking for it?
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 ...
Why Was Life So Boring? Solving the Mystery of the “Boring Billion”
Ancient species may have evolved at a slower pace and endured longer, but evolutionary rates sped up significantly following ...
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What If Extraterrestrial Life Doesn’t Look Like Anything Found On Earth?
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 ...