Snowball Earth's liquid seas dipped way below freezing Iron isotopes show that salty seawater pockets beneath the ice were as cold as −15°C. Space · Mar 1
New Discovery Reveals the Oldest-known Ancestor of Complex Life Protosterol biota are the fingerprints of an ancient organism that could have been an ancestor to all large life around us that we know of. Inverse · Jun 14, 2023
Molecular fossils open window on 'lost world' of primordial life Fossil remains of a cell membrane component identified in rocks dating back about 1.6 billion years show “lost world” of microscopic organisms The Hindu · Jun 8, 2023
Scientists find ‘lost world’ in billion-year-old Australian rock Study says discovery of microscopic creatures could be the ‘oldest remnants’ of human lineage. Al Jazeera · Jun 8, 2023
Ancient Marine Fossils Reveal ‘lost World’ From 1.6 Billion Years Ago A 'lost world' of organisms that lived at least 1.6 billion years ago sheds fresh light on the emergence of complex life. Zenger · Jun 7, 2023
Primordial steroids solve long-standing mystery about how the 1st complex life-forms evolved Compounds from 1.6 billion years ago reveal a microbial transition that set the stage for much of today's life on Earth. LiveScience · Jun 7, 2023
Scientists discover lost world of early ancestors in billion-year-old rock Researchers suggest the organisms could have been the first predators on Earth. The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2023
World's oldest meal: Ediacara animals 'ate algae and even had sophisticated guts' Traces of the last suppers of some of the world's earliest known animals have been discovered in their 558-million-year-old fossils. ABC News · Nov 22, 2022
The real paleo diet: researchers find traces of world’s oldest meal in 550m-year-old fossil Remains of slug-like Ediacaran animal Kimberella contain compounds suggesting it had a gut and ate bacteria and algae from the ocean floor The Guardian - AU · Nov 22, 2022