Traces of Ancient Life Discovered Deep in Earth's Mantle
Orlando Jenkinson - Yesterday 11:26 AM
Traces of ancient life have been found in rocks deep inside the Earth's mantle, having been sucked down there hundreds of millions of years ago.
Scientists discovered traces of carbonthe element on which life on Earth is basedthat appear to have come from the Cambrian Explosion. The Cambrian Explosion was an unparalleled burst of evolution over 540 million years ago, during which point most major groups of animals appeared on Earth.
Before the Cambrian Explosion, life on Earth was simple and mostly single-cell or smaller multicell creatures. Afterward, new and more complex kinds of life emerged.
In a study published in
Science Advances, researchers provided evidence to show that lifeforms from this time changed the chemical make-up of Earth's mantle.
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