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Scientists Decipher 3-Billion-Year-Old Genomic Fossils

Posted by Soulskill on from the long-time-gone dept.

hnkstrprnkstr writes "MIT scientists have created a sort of genomic fossil (abstract) that shows the collective genome of all life underwent an enormous expansion about 3 billion years ago, which they're calling the Archean Expansion. Many of the new genes appearing in the Archean Expansion are oxygen related, and could be the first biological evidence of the Great Oxidation Event, the period in Earth's history when oxygen became so plentiful that many anaerobic life forms may have become extinct."

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  1. Creationism by Trip6 · · Score: 1, Troll

    40% of US residents believe in creationism. What are you going to say to them, huh?

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    1. Re:Creationism by Brett+Buck · · Score: 0, Troll

      The overwhelming majority of human progress has come from people who were or are highly religious. Newton, for example. He (arguably) invented calculus and the law of gravity, and is essentially responsible for modern analytical science. Your primary accomplishment appears to be a snotty little comment belittling other's deeply-held beliefs.