AT the discussion on the age of the earth at Edinburgh we were unfortunately prevented from hearing Dr. Jeffreys's contribution owing to lack of time. I have, however, read it with interest in ...

How and why we age is a complex picture. Across the full spectrum of life on Earth there are a few examples of species that appear to defy ageing. The hydra, a freshwater cousin of jellyfish ...

A group of scientists say they have found new evidence to back up their theory that complex life on Earth may have begun ...

Prof Chi Fru said his work helped prove ideas about the processes that create life on Earth. "We're saying, look, there's fossils here, there's oxygen, it's stimulated the appearance of the first ...

Professor Brian Cox describes where life may have first evolved on Earth. Brian explains that the key requirement for life, energy, is released when acidic seawaters meet the alkaline water ...

Geologists have calculated the age of Earth at 4.6 billion years. But for humans whose life span rarely reaches more than 100 years, how can we be so sure of that ancient date? It turns out the ...

Another point of contention is Luca's age. The earliest fossil evidence we have for life is around 3.4 billion years old. Some studies push back Luca's age close to the birth of Earth, 4.5 billion ...