Thursday, 19 February 2015

Ancient rocks show life could have flourished on Earth 3.2 billion years ago

EARLY EARTH
Ancient rocks show life could have flourished on Earth 3.2 billion years ago
Seattle WA (SPX) Feb 19, 2015 - A spark from a lightning bolt, interstellar dust, or a subsea volcano could have triggered the very first life on Earth. But what happened next? Life can exist without oxygen, but without plentiful nitrogen to build genes - essential to viruses, bacteria and all other organisms - life on the early Earth would have been scarce. The ability to use atmospheric nitrogen to support more widespr ... more


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