The Rise and Fall of a Chemosynthetic Empire

The Biosphere’s Earliest Footprint

Published in The EarthSphere Blog

Chemosynthetic Empire (by WM House; ArcheanArt)

Prologue

Previously I wrote about the origins of life’s building blocks: DNA and RNA, and abiogenesis, how life arose from a non-living world. This article continues the story and speculates on Earth’s first living empire. I borrowed heavily…