Life before the rise of oxygen

Woodward W. Fischer
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Woodward W. Fischer: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA. wfischer@caltech.edu

Nature, 2008, vol. 455, issue 7216, 1051-1052

Abstract: The discovery of molecular fossils in 2.7-billion-year-old rocks prompted a re-evaluation of microbial evolution, and of the advent of photosynthesis and rise of atmospheric oxygen. That discovery now comes into question.

Date: 2008
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