Evolution: When was life's first branch point? Journal Articles

abstract

• A recent analysis of protein sequences from diverse organisms has estimated that all extant species share a common ancestor that lived only 2 billion years ago; but how can this be squared with the fossil evidence that complex cells existed up to 3.5 billion years ago?

authors

• Golding, Brian

status

• published 

publication date

• June 1996

has subject area

• 06 Biological Sciences (FoR)
• 11 Medical and Health Sciences (FoR)
• 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences (FoR)
• Animals (MeSH)
• Biological Evolution (MeSH)
• Developmental Biology (Science Metrix)
• Enzymes (MeSH)
• Fossils (MeSH)
• Fungal Proteins (MeSH)
• Plant Proteins (MeSH)

published in

• Current Biology  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Biological Evolution
• Enzymes
• Fossils
• Fungal Proteins
• Plant Proteins

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/s0960-9822(09)00448-5

PubMed ID

• 8793293

start page

• 679

end page

• 682

volume

• 6

issue

• 6