Scientists have discovered that complex life began evolving much earlier than traditional models suggested. Using an expanded ...

How did life begin? An international team of researchers from Japan, Malaysia, the UK, and Germany suggest that the answer ...

Human beings have been at the center of ecological change on Earth for thousands of years. But as history shows, no species ...

We have long struggled to determine how the first living organisms on Earth came together. Now, surprising evidence hints ...

Scientists are debating the Earth's first creature, with evidence pointing to simple, sponge-like organisms emerging around ...

Complex life began to develop earlier, and over a longer span of time, than previously believed, a new study has revealed.

Researchers recreated conditions from billions of years ago and found that Earth’s young atmosphere could make key molecules ...

A newly identified sponge group called Vilesida is giving scientists a clearer view of animal origins, linking sponges with ...

Surface-bound gels may have offered the structure and chemistry needed for life to take hold on Earth—and possibly elsewhere.

Earth is the only known planet to host life, a fact that has long intrigued scientists. While Venus and Mars present extreme ...

Using a highly sensitive mass spectrometer capable of detecting trace chemicals, the researchers discovered that their early Earth simulation created an entire collection of sulfur biomolecules. These ...

Complex life began to develop earlier, and over a longer span of time, than previously believed, a groundbreaking new study ...