News tagged with ancient microbes
Scientists decipher 3 billion-year-old genomic fossils
(PhysOrg.com) -- About 580 million years ago, life on Earth began a rapid period of change called the Cambrian Explosion, a period defined by the birth of new life forms over many millions of years that ultimately ...
Dec 19, 2010 |
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Stepping stones through time
Stromatolites are the most ancient fossils on Earth, and these structures built by microbes can still be found forming today in various places around the globe. Although they provide a straight line of life’s ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 05, 2010 |
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A new view of fossils: The behavior of ancient life forms
A new book by researchers at Oregon State University uses the snapshot-in-time miracle of amber to offer a pioneering viewpoint on all types of animal and plant fossils - not just what ancient life forms looked ...
Jun 15, 2010 |
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Dead Sea-dwelling microbes reveal roots of protein common to all higher life forms
(PhysOrg.com) -- We have more in common with Dead Sea-dwelling microbes than previously thought. University of Florida researchers have found that one of the most common proteins in complex life forms may have evolved from ...
Jan 11, 2010 |
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Understanding extinct microbes may influence the state of modern human health
The study of ancient microbes may not seem consequential, but such pioneering research at the University of Oklahoma has implications for the state of modern human health. Cecil Lewis, assistant professor in the Department ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 05, 2009 |
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