Evolution is the way groups of life-forms change over time to better fit the places they live.It is why life takes "such ...

There are roughly a trillion species of microorganisms on Earth—the vast majority of which are bacteria. ...

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...

The oldest terrestrial materials ever dated by scientists are extremely rare zircon minerals that were discovered in western ...

Timeline of Life on Earth (Image via Wikimedia Commons). When cell membranes first began to form from fatty acids as far back as 3.8 billion years ago, prokaryotes were center stage for the ...

The temporal distribution of Earth's supermountains and their potential link to the rise of atmospheric oxygen and biological evolution. Earth and Planetary Science Letters , 2022; 580: 117391 DOI ...

Scientists are, for example, sure that about 2.5 billion years ago, the evolution of a new kind of photosynthesis flooded Earth’s atmosphere and oceans with oxygen.

Ancient diamonds shine light on the evolution of Earth. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 10 / 231018161911.htm. University of the Witwatersrand.

Daniel Brady Mills research primarily concerns the co-evolution of the Proterozoic biosphere (Earth’s ‘middle age,’ 2.5-0.541 billion years ago) and eukaryotic life.

A new study suggests the platypus and echidna — the only egg-laying mammals — had a water-dwelling ancestor. The finding could upend what’s known of their evolution.

Stars that pass by our solar system have altered the long-term orbital evolution of planets, including Earth, and, by extension, modified our climate. February 14, 2024. 0. Astronomy & Space; ...

The moon has been slowly moving away from Earth over the past 2.5 billion years, new research suggests. ... We still don't have a full understanding of the evolution of the Earth-moon system.