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Yellowstone National Park

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Yellowstone ‘extremely relevant’ to origin of life

Geology Page - May 20, 2018

pillow basalts from undersea volcanic eruptions,

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Which came first: Complex life or high atmospheric oxygen?

This is a Wyoming portion of The Phosphoria Formation, a deposit that stretches across several states in the western United States and is the largest source of phosphorus fertilizer in the country

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Less life: Limited phosphorus recycling suppressed early Earth’s biosphere

Some of the coldest and darkest dust in space shines brightly in this infrared image from the Herschel Observatory.

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Space dust may transport life between worlds, research suggests

Trilobite, Ordovician fossils

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Oxygen levels link to ancient explosion of life, researchers find

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Scientists Find Potential “Missing Link” in Chemistry That Led to Life...

Geology Page - November 7, 2017

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Did life begin on land rather than in the sea?

Geology Page - July 18, 2017

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Volcanoes: Referees for the life on Earth

Geology Page - June 3, 2017

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Sea level as a metronome of Earth’s history

Geology Page - May 19, 2017

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Oldest evidence of life on land found in 3.48 billion-year-old Australian...

Geology Page - May 10, 2017

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Biochemical ‘fossil’ shows how life may have emerged without phosphate

Geology Page - March 2, 2017

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Study breathes new life into 2.3 billion year old ‘Great Oxidation...

Geology Page - February 8, 2017

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Rare meteorites challenge our understanding of the solar system

Geology Page - January 24, 2017

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Asteroid impacts could create niches for early life, suggests Chicxulub crater...

Geology Page - November 18, 2016

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Study finds Earth’s soils hosted life early

Geology Page - November 18, 2016

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‘False’ biosignatures may complicate search for ancient life on Earth, other...

Geology Page - November 7, 2016

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Life took hold on land 300 million years earlier than thought

Geology Page - November 7, 2016

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Did Meteorites Bring Life’s Phosphorus to Earth?

Geology Page - October 30, 2016

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Earthquakes, ‘Mars-quakes,’ and the possibility of life

Geology Page - September 21, 2016

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New discovery shatters previous beliefs about Earth’s origin

Geology Page - September 15, 2016

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The Origin of Life: RNA World Deep Beneath the Surface

Geology Page - September 9, 2016

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Arctic gives clues on worst mass extinction of life

Geology Page - August 25, 2016

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Earth interacted with supernova remnants for 1 million years

Geology Page - August 11, 2016

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How China is rewriting the book on human origins

Geology Page - July 17, 2016

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Rock salt holds the key to a paradigm shift

Geology Page - July 15, 2016

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