{"id":103960,"date":"2024-07-29T11:01:08","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T11:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/29\/complex-life-on-earth-began-around-1-5-billion-years-earlier-than-thought-study-claims\/"},"modified":"2024-07-29T11:01:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T11:01:08","slug":"complex-life-on-earth-began-around-1-5-billion-years-earlier-than-thought-study-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/29\/complex-life-on-earth-began-around-1-5-billion-years-earlier-than-thought-study-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Complex life on Earth began around 1.5 billion years earlier than thought, study claims"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Complex life on Earth began around 1.5 billion years earlier than thought, according to a new study.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Scientists were broadly of the view that animals first emerged on Earth 635 million years ago, but the latest study, led by a research team at Cardiff<\/strong><\/a> University, has found signs of a much earlier ecosystem.<\/p>\n

The ecosystem was found in the Franceville Basin near Gabon.<\/p>\n

The study uncovers environmental evidence of the very first experiments in the evolution of complex life.<\/p>\n

It describes an episode of unique underwater volcanic activity after two continents collided.<\/p>\n

Scientists have widely debated the validity of large fossils of macroorganisms dating back 2.1 billion years.<\/p>\n

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Dr Ernest Chi Fru is the paper’s lead author and reader at Cardiff University’s School of Earth and Environmental Sciences.<\/p>\n

“We already know that <\/strong>increases in marine phosphorus and seawater oxygen concentrations are linked to an episode of biological evolution around 635 million years ago,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Our study adds another, much earlier episode into the record, 2.1 billion years ago.”<\/p>\n

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The research team found environmental change which might have triggered their evolution.<\/p>\n

But the life forms did not take a global foothold at this time, according to researchers.<\/p>\n

This was due to the restricted nature of the water mass and the hostile conditions that existed for billions of years later.<\/p>\n

Researchers believe this points to a possible two-step evolution of complex life on Earth.<\/p>\n

“While the first attempt failed to spread, the second went on to create the animal biodiversity we see on Earth today,” Dr Chi Fru added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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