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Volume 361(1470);  June 29, 2006
Research Articles
Introduction: how and when did microbes change the world?
Thomas Cavalier-Smith, Martin Brasier, and T. Martin Embley
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2006 June 29; 361(1470): 845–850. Published online 2006 May 3. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1847.
PMCID: PMC1626534
Geological constraints on detecting the earliest life on Earth: a perspective from the Early Archaean (older than 3.7 Gyr) of southwest Greenland
Christopher M Fedo, Martin J Whitehouse, and Balz S Kamber
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2006 June 29; 361(1470): 851–867. Published online 2006 May 5. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1836.
PMCID: PMC1578730
Fossil evidence of Archaean life
J. William Schopf
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2006 June 29; 361(1470): 869–885. Published online 2006 May 9. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1834.
PMCID: PMC1578735
A fresh look at the fossil evidence for early Archaean cellular life
Martin Brasier, Nicola McLoughlin, Owen Green, and David Wacey
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2006 June 29; 361(1470): 887–902. Published online 2006 May 19. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1835.
PMCID: PMC1578727
The oxygenation of the atmosphere and oceans
Heinrich D Holland
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2006 June 29; 361(1470): 903–915. Published online 2006 May 19. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1838.
PMCID: PMC1578726
Palaeoclimates: the first two billion years
James F Kasting and Shuhei Ono
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2006 June 29; 361(1470): 917–929. Published online 2006 May 5. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1839.
PMCID: PMC1868609
The carbon cycle and associated redox processes through time
John M Hayes and Jacob R Waldbauer
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2006 June 29; 361(1470): 931–950. Published online 2006 May 8. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1840.
PMCID: PMC1578725
Steroids, triterpenoids and molecular oxygen
Roger E Summons, Alexander S Bradley, Linda L Jahnke, and Jacob R Waldbauer
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2006 June 29; 361(1470): 951–968. Published online 2006 May 17. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1837.
PMCID: PMC1578733
Cell evolution and Earth history: stasis and revolution
Thomas Cavalier-Smith
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2006 June 29; 361(1470): 969–1006. Published online 2006 May 17. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1842.
PMCID: PMC1578732
The origin and evolution of Archaea: a state of the art
Simonetta Gribaldo and Celine Brochier-Armanet
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2006 June 29; 361(1470): 1007–1022. Published online 2006 May 9. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1841.
PMCID: PMC1578729
Eukaryotic organisms in Proterozoic oceans
A.H Knoll, E.J Javaux, D Hewitt, and P Cohen
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2006 June 29; 361(1470): 1023–1038. Published online 2006 May 5. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1843.
PMCID: PMC1578724
The origin and diversification of eukaryotes: problems with molecular phylogenetics and molecular clock estimation
Andrew J Roger and Laura A Hug
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2006 June 29; 361(1470): 1039–1054. Published online 2006 May 8. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1845.
PMCID: PMC1578731
Multiple secondary origins of the anaerobic lifestyle in eukaryotes
T Martin Embley
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2006 June 29; 361(1470): 1055–1067. Published online 2006 May 3. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1844.
PMCID: PMC1578728
Darwin's dilemma: the realities of the Cambrian ‘explosion’
Simon Conway Morris
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2006 June 29; 361(1470): 1069–1083. Published online 2006 May 3. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1846.
PMCID: PMC1578734
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