1 trillion species, 3 billion years: how we used AI to trace the evolution of bacteria on Earth
Until now, it’s been very hard for scientists to establish a detailed timeline of the early evolution of bacteria.
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Machine learning helps construct an evolutionary timeline of bacteria
Scientists have helped to construct a detailed timeline for bacterial evolution, suggesting some bacteria used oxygen long before evolving the ability to produce it through photosynthesis.
Early Earth's first crust composition discovery rewrites geological timeline
Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet's history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics.
Molecular clock analysis shows bacteria used oxygen long before widespread photosynthesis
Microbial organisms dominate life on Earth, but tracing their early history and evolution is difficult because they rarely ...
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The Water In The Universe Is Billions Of Years Older Than We Thought, Meaning Life Also Could Have Evolved On An Earlier Timeline
Water may have first appeared in the universe just a couple hundred million years after the Big Bang, making it […] ...
Ancient Bacteria Were Breathing Long Before Oxygen Became Abundant
Scientists assumed most forms of life before the Great Oxidation Event didn't metabolize oxygen—but recent research suggests ...