Until now, it’s been very hard for scientists to establish a detailed timeline of the early evolution of bacteria.

The results really surprised us. They provide an excellent explanation of an important aspect of bacterial evolution: The ...

Scientists have helped to construct a detailed timeline for bacterial evolution, suggesting some bacteria used oxygen long before evolving the ability to produce it through photosynthesis.

By using the planet-wide geological event of the Great Oxidation Event effectively as a "fossil" calibration point, our approach produced a detailed timeline of bacterial evolution. Combining ...

Professor Pål Johnsen, co-senior author at the UiT The Arctic University of Norway, said: “Bacterial evolution and adaptation often depend on plasmids to support the transfer of genes, and are shaped ...

Could it be that one of only three known markers directly targeting the DNA does not exist outside the realm of microbes? Now, researchers have demonstrated that this marker -- N4-methylcytosine (4mC) ...

Bacteria used oxygen far earlier than expected, reshaping views on early life, evolution, and photosynthesis origins.

Bacterial evolution and oxygen adaptation: A timeline built from genomic, fossil, and chemical data. Colors show oxygen ...