EARTH.COM - We exist, thrive, and ponder upon life, but when it comes to understanding its beginnings, we’ve always found ourselves at a crossroads. Where did we come from? What did the world look like when life first emerged? A recent paper from UC Riverside is now helping us piece together this complex puzzle using microbes.
Early life on Earth
The research project, led by Christopher Tino, a Ph.D. candidate at UCR at the time of the study, and Timothy Lyons, a UCR distinguished professor of biogeochemistry, delves into unknown territories of Earth’s biological history.
The study fuses decades of research, breakthroughs, and data to tell a story about microbes, their evolution, and their impact on our planet.