Abstract The Archean era (4 to 2.5 billion years ago, Ga) yielded rocks that include the
oldest conclusive traces of life as well as many controversial occurrences. Carbonaceous …

Toxic metal (loid) s are widespread and permanent in the biosphere, and bacteria have
evolved a wide variety of metal (loid) resistance genes (MRGs) to resist the stress of excess …

It took nearly four billion years after the birth of the Earth to make our planet habitable in
terms of marine and terrestrial environment, resources, and life. This was made possible …

Agricultural soil is related to food security and human health, antibiotics and heavy metals
(HMs), as two typical pollutants, possess a high coexistence rate in the environmental …

Abstract Sphalerite in Mississippi Valley–type (MVT) deposits hosts significant resources of
both germanium and gallium. Here, we provide a survey on the distribution of Ge, Ga, and …

Carbon is the key element of life, and its origin in ancient sedimentary rocks is central to
questions about the emergence and early evolution of life. The oldest well-preserved carbon …

We report indium, germanium, gallium, and other minor and trace elements contents in
sphalerite, chalcopyrite, galena, and tetrahedrite-tennantite occurring in skarn and skarn …

This study investigates the paleobiological significance of pyritic stromatolites from the 3.48
billion‐year‐old Dresser Formation, Pilbara Craton. By combining paleoenvironmental …

The chemical and isotopic compositions of Precambrian Fe-rich chemical sedimentary rocks
have figured prominently in discussions on the Fe biogeochemical cycle and redox …

Deep‐sea hydrothermal systems provide ideal conditions for prebiotic reactions and ancient
metabolic pathways and, therefore, might have played a pivotal role in the emergence of life …