Laboratory experiments have coaxed simple molecules into states that naturally become more complex, hinting at the origins of ...

An international collaboration has published groundbreaking research, shedding light on the most significant increase in complexity in the history of life's evolution on Earth: the origin of the ...

Apr. 21, 2025 — An international collaboration has published groundbreaking research, shedding light on the most significant increase in complexity in the history of life's evolution on Earth ...

“Evolution isn't just a story about where ... millions more that have gone extinct over the 3.5-billion-year history of life on Earth––can be summarized in an enormous family tree.

Until now, it’s been very hard for scientists to establish a detailed timeline of the early evolution of bacteria.

It is why life takes "such endless forms most beautiful and wonderful," as British biologist Charles Darwin wrote in his famous 1859 book "On the Origin of Species." You can thank evolution for ...

Despite recent advances in the study of eukaryogenesis, much remains unresolved about the origin and evolution of the most complex domain of life. Amanda was an associate editor at The Scientist, ...

If confirmed, the discovery could shed more light on the origin and evolution of life on Earth. The find is considered valuable for two reasons. First is the time period. The oldest living ...

Geology and life have entwined throughout Earth's history. Rocks have become life. As rocks erode and flow into the oceans and weather into soil, their minerals provide vital nutrients that underpin ...

New research suggests “microlightning” exchanges among water droplets in Earth’s early atmosphere may have sparked the ...

More than a decade after his 'Origin of Species', Darwin found courage to publish ideas he had once only hinted at. In 'The Descent of Man' he presented an unequivocal account of human evolution.