All life on Earth can be traced back to a Last Universal Common Ancestor, or LUCA. A study suggests that this organism likely lived on Earth only 400 million years after its formation. Further ...
The question of when life began on Earth is as old as human culture. “It’s one of these fundamental human questions: When did life appear on Earth?” said Professor Martin Whitehouse of the Swedish ...
People have long wondered what life was first like on Earth, and if there is life in our solar system beyond our planet. Scientists have reason to believe that some of the moons in our solar ...
New research from Japan's iron-rich hot springs shows how early microbes may have harnessed iron and oxygen during the Great ...
When you imagine a nature documentary, whose voice do you hear? The answer is likely Sir David Attenborough — biologist, natural historian, writer and iconic TV personality. He’s been our guide ...