Study tracing ancestor microorganisms suggests life started in a hydrothermal environment
Tuesday, July 26, 2016 - 06:01
in Paleontology & Archaeology
It's one of the greatest mysteries of modern science: how did life begin exactly? While most scientists believe that all lifeforms evolved from a common, primitive ancestor microorganism, the details are blurry. What kinds of genes did this lifeform carry and where did it live? A new study, published in Nature Microbiology, now sheds some light on this early organism and the environment it evolved in.