International team of scientists discover clue to delay of life ...

Scientists from around the world have reconstructed changes in Earth's ancient ocean chemistry during a broad sweep of geological time, from about 2.5 to 0.5 billion years ago.

They have discovered that a deficiency of oxygen and the heavy metal molybdenum in the ancient deep ocean may have delayed the evolution of animal life on Earth for nearly 2 billion years.


 

More related items

Reason For Almost Two Billion Year Delay In Animal Evolution On...
Scientists from around the world have reconstructed changes in Earth's ancient ocean chemistry during a broad sweep of geological time, from about...

Diamonds May Have Been Life's Best Friend On Primordial Earth
Diamonds may have been life's best friend. Billions of years ago, the surface of these gems may have provided just the right conditions to foster the...

Researchers Witness Assembly Of Molecules Critical To Protein...
Iron-sulfur clusters are critical to life on earth. They are necessary for protein function in cellular processes, such as respiration in humans and...

'Barren' Seafloor Teeming With Microbial Life
Seafloor bacteria are more abundant and diverse than previously thought, appearing to "eat" the planet's oceanic crust, according to a new study in...

Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor/Outdoor Medical Grower's...
With 512 full color pages and 1120 full color photographs and illustrations, Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor/Outdoor Medical Grower's Bible is the...

Setting-Up a Small Observatory: From Concept to Construction...
This is the book to tell the intermediate-level amateur astronomer what he needs to know about observatories. It draws on the author’s practical...

Complete Bladesmith: Forging Your Way To Perfection
Looking for instructions in bladesmithing that'll put you on the cutting edge of the custom blade market? Then this definitive guide to forging...


 

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
science-nature.marc8.com