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Earliest Organisms on Earth Built Their Biochemistry around Molybdenum, Study Suggests
Earliest Organisms on Earth Built Their Biochemistry around Molybdenum, Study Suggests
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New research reveals that 3.7 to 3.3 billion years ago (Archean Eon), ancient microbes relied on molybdenum -- a metal that was vanishingly rare at the time -- and even experimented with tungsten. The post Earliest Organisms on Earth Built Their Biochemistry around Molybdenum, Study Suggests appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
05/05/2026 sci-news