Complex life on Earth began around 1.5 billion years earlier than previously thought, new study claims https://phys.org/news/2024-07-complex-life-earth-began-billion.html

#Hydrothermal seawater eutrophication triggered local macrobiological experimentation in the 2100 Ma #Paleoproterozoic Francevillian sub-basin https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301926824001669

The study describes an episode of unique underwater volcanic activity following the collision of 2 continents, which created a nutrient-rich laboratory for the earliest experiments in complex #evolution.