Bacteria used oxygen far earlier than expected, reshaping views on early life, evolution, and photosynthesis origins.

Scientists assumed most forms of life before the Great Oxidation Event didn't metabolize oxygen—but recent research suggests ...

One thing geology teaches us about is the existence of another monumental event in the history of Earth, 2.4 billion years ...

Microbial organisms dominate life on Earth, but tracing their early history and evolution is difficult because they rarely ...

Bacteria may have adapted to oxygen well before Earth’s atmosphere was saturated with it, according to a new study. Researchers who traced microbial evolution over billions of years – using machine ...

The Great Oxidation Event (GOE) some 2.4 billion years ago established the oxygen-rich atmosphere that many living things ...

Discover the evolution of bacteria through machine learning, DNA comparisons, and the Great Oxidation Event 2.4 billion years ...

The planet Earth thawed approximately 4.5 billion years ago. The Moon was created when a Mars-sized object crashed. If there ...

But while lifeless during that time, the planet was already covered by vast oceans dotted with hydrothermal vent systems that ...

Bacteria may have adapted to oxygen well before Earth's atmosphere was saturated with it, according to a new study. Researchers who traced microbial ...

Researchers have used machine learning, genomic data, fossils and the Earth’s geochemical history to create a timeline of ...