Researchers have discovered chemical traces of life in rocks older than 3.3 billion years, offering a rare look at Earth’s ...

Deep in some of Earth’s oldest rocks, traces of ancient life still linger, even when every cell has crumbled. You would not ...

Scientists have detected signatures in ancient rocks that push back the timeframe for the discovery of early life by billions of years.

A new study uncovered fresh chemical evidence of life in rocks more than 3.3 billion years old, along with molecular traces showing that oxygen-producing photosynthesis emerged nearly a billion years ...

AI-powered chemical analysis uncovered faint biological fingerprints in some of Earth’s oldest rocks, pushing back the origins of oxygen-producing life.

Scientists have detected some of the oldest signs of life on Earth using a new method that recognizes chemical fingerprints ...

From 1.8 billion to 800 million years ago, Earth was seemingly quite a boring place. Continents moved little, and life ...

New research reveals that Earth’s so-called “Boring Billion” was a time of dramatic change beneath the surface.

Scientists have traced the origins of complex life to the breakup of the supercontinent Nuna 1.5 billion years ago. This tectonic shift reduced volcanic carbon emissions, expanded shallow seas, and ...

When Earth’s ancient supercontinent Nuna broke apart, it reshaped oceans, cooled the climate, and set the stage for complex life to evolve.

A machine-learning-enhanced approach to chemical analysis is drastically expanding the chemical record of life on Earth, and ...