The naked planet Earth: Most essential pre-requisite for the origin and evolution of life

Our blue planet Earth has long been regarded to carry full of nutrients for hosting life since the birth of the planet. Here we speculate the processes that led to the birth of early life on Earth and its aftermath, finally leading to the evolution of metazoans. We evaluate: (1) the source of nutrie...

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Main Authors: S. Maruyama, M. Ikoma, H. Genda, K. Hirose, T. Yokoyama, M. Santosh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-03-01
Series:Geoscience Frontiers
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987112001272