Ancient enzymes: Protein adaptation shows that life on early earth lived in a hot, acidic environment
Monday, April 4, 2011 - 17:30
in Biology & Nature
A new study reveals that a group of ancient enzymes adapted to substantial changes in ocean temperature and acidity during the last four billion years, providing evidence that life on Early Earth evolved from a much hotter, more acidic environment to the cooler, less acidic global environment that exists today.