Early Archaean Ecology - Exploring the Evidence and Habitats for Early (3.6-3.85 billion year old) Life

太古代早期生态学-探索早期(36-38.5亿年)生命的证据和栖息地。21世纪最重要的科学探索将是生命的起源。最早的生命证据来自格陵兰岛阿基利亚的3.85Ga(10亿年)，这是世界上已知的最古老的沉积物。这些岩石在后来的地壳剧变中被扭曲和加热，3.85Ga存在生命的证据是有争议的。这样的生命将具有非常重要的意义，因为首先，原始生命出现在已知的地层记录之前。该项目将扩展用于探测早期生命的方法，并利用格陵兰岩石探索其他可能的早期栖息地(海底火山岩和温泉)并了解其环境。

Early Archaean Ecology - Exploring the Evidence and Habitats for Early (3.6-3.85 billion year old) Life. The prime scientific quest of the 21st century will be the origin of life. The earliest evidence for life is at 3.85 Ga (billion-years) in the world's oldest-known sediments from Akilia, Greenland. These rocks were contorted and heated during later crustal upheavals, and the evidence for life at 3.85 Ga is controversial. Such life would be highly significant, because then first, primitive life arose before the known stratigraphic record. The project will extend the methods used to detect earliest life, and use Greenland rocks to explore other possible early habitats (submarine volcanic rocks and hot springs) and understand its environment.