Artist's Impression of an Archean Landscape (IMAGE)

University of Bristol

Artist's Impression of an Archean Landscape

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The earliest metabolisms of the Archaea were based on the anaerobic reduction of carbon dioxide, and likely evolved during the earliest period of Earth's evolutionary history.

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Tim Bertelink

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