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  1. Oxygen was a later addition to the Earth's ecosystem, relative to life (there were about 2 billion years in between).
    So, what did they "breathe"?
    Probably mostly iron and hydrogen, and it wasn't very efficient.

    Link: royalsocietypublishing.org/rst

    #Science #Earthhistory #EarlyLife

  2. More #young adults, teens in #Singapore being diagnosed with #cancer
    “Researchers hv identified a ‘birth cohort effect’ ..” Dr Poon said.. someone born in 1990 is 4 times more likely to develop colorectal cancer cf w someone born in 1950, she noted.. emerging evidence points to changes in the #earlylife #exposome as likely contributing #factors. These incl te rise in #ultraprocessed #foods, #obesity, sedentary lifestyles & alterations to the gut #microbiome" #health 🧐⚕️
    straitstimes.com/singapore/hea

  3. 📢THREE (!) new tenure-track or tenured Origins-of-Life faculty positions at Purdue.

    "Applications are welcomed from astrobiology, evolutionary biology, self-replicating and evolutionary systems, and synthetic biology."

    Spread the word!🙏

    @jobsecoevo

    #ecoevojob #originoflife #evolution #earlylife #microbes #exobiology #astrobiology #purdue #biology

    careers.purdue.edu/job/West-La

  4. #introduction!
    I'm a #sociologist, #demographer and #historian working on long-term change in #population #health. I'm interested in #healthinequalities, differences between #families and #intergenerational change, and #earlylife effects on health outcomes. I study #mortality, #morbidity, #reproductivehealth and #stature. I use historical register data as well as Swedish #registerdata. More on www.ingridvandijk.com!