Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface page; Contributors; The Early Earth; Do the Geological and Geochemical Records of the Early Earth Support the Prediction from Global Phylogenetic Models of a Thermophilic Cenancestor?; The Early Diversification of Life and the Origin of the Three Domains: A Proposal; Life was Thermophilic for the First Two-thirds of Earth History; The Origin of Life; The Case for a Hyperthermophilic, Chemolithoautotrophic Origin of Life in an Iron-Sulfur World; The Emergence of Metabolism from Within Hydrothermal Systems
The Emergence of Life from FeS Bubbles at Alkaline Hot Springs in an Acid OceanFacing Up to Chemical Realities: Life Did Not Begin at the Growth Temperatures of Hyperthermophiles; Nucleic Acid-based Phylogenies; Were our Ancestors Actually Hyperthermophiles? Viewpoint of a Devil's Advocate; Hyperthermophilic and Mesophilic Origins of the Eukaryotic Genome; Gene Exchange and Evolution; Deciphering the Molecular Record for the Early Evolution of Life: Gene Duplicat
Summary
Late-1990s developments in the study of thermophiles have had considerable significance on theories of evolution. Scientists have begun to study their biology in an attempt to provide clues about the beginnings of life on our planet
