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Early Earth
Ancient Earth, geology, paleontology, fossils, evolution, and the discoveries uncovering the planet's earliest history and the origins of life.


Unlocking early Earth chemistry

Pterosaur bones found three decades ago are Australia's oldest

A role for meteoritic iron in the emergence of life on Earth

Iron-rich rocks unlock new insights into Earth's planetary history

Ancestors of Prochlorococcus microbes rode out to sea on exoskeleton particles

Giants of the Jurassic seas were twice the size of a killer whale

Earth's first animals had particular taste in real estate

Vascular plants colonized land extensively by the early Silurian

How did Earth get its water

Tracing Earth's past in prehistoric rock deposits
