describe some of the paleontological and geological evidence that

suggests when life orginated on Earth

Paleontology- study of fossils and all aspects of extinct life
Evidence includes- two 3.4 to 3.5 billion year Precambrian fossils in
WA
Structures of early organisms similar to ones found on earth
Nano bacteria- nanobes on Mars may be similar to the ones found in
Earth which leads to the smallest forms of life.
Geology- study of origin, history and structure of the Earth as recorder in
rocks
2.5 billion year old rocks- biomarkers and chemical evidence of
cyanobacteria gives origins of photosynthesis from banded iron and
red rocks formations
2.3- explain why the change from an anoxic atmosphere was significant in
the evolution of living things
Anoxic

Oxic

No ozone layer

Increase of oxygen some molecules

could be converted to from the ozone
layer

Anaerobic organisms

It declined as photosynthetic organisms

became more abundant

Evolution of Aerobic organisms

The efficient use of oxygen

Abundance of basic chemical

components

Depleted and locked up in existing life

forms