Rapid emergence of life shown by discovery of 3,700-million-year-old microbial structures

2016/08/30 by Allen P. Nutman, Vickie C. Bennett, C. R. L. Friend +3 · 4 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

paper · doi:10.1038/nature19355

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• New 1:20,000 scale geological maps, synthesis and history of investigation of the Isua supracrustal belt and adjacent orthogneisses, southern West Greenland: A glimpse of Eoarchaean crust formation and orogeny
• ≥3700Ma pre-metamorphic dolomite formed by microbial mediation in the Isua supracrustal belt (W. Greenland): Simple evidence for early life?
• A negative feedback mechanism for the long‐term stabilization of Earth's surface temperature

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