Origin of Life
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Solving the Biological Puzzle: Which Came First, Viruses or Bacteria?
According to scientists, life on Earth first appeared more than 4 billion years ago. Earliest RNA & DNA building blocks were created in the early Earth’s environment by a “primordial soup” of molecules including carbon. Earliest microbes very basic life forms were result of these molecules eventually organizing into biological interactions according to Karthik Anantharaman, a computational biologist from University…
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Icy Origins: How Cold Water Could Have Sparked Life
Geologists refer to the period when Earth was covered in ice as “Snowball Earth.” During this time, thick layers of ice and glaciers extended all the way to equator. Although this ice age might seem harsh for life, it’s surprising that the first multicellular animals appeared during a milder period between ice ages. This discovery raises intriguing questions about how…
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