How did life on Earth begin?

Today life has conquered every square inch of Earth, but when the planet formed it was a dead rock. read more

The gravitational pull of the new Moon stabilised the Earth's fluctuating axis of rotation and set up the conditions in which abiogenesis occurred. 4404 Ma: First appearance of liquid water on Earth. 4280 Ma: Earliest possible appearance of life on Earth. read more

Before life started on Earth, the atmosphere is predicted to have been extremely hot so proteins had to be able to form under these conditions. The research found that even when the heat was cranked up, they could still link together to form proteins that were useful for the building blocks of life. read more