ユカリオットとサイアノバクテリアの最初の出現を再評価する
Birger Rasmussen1, Ian R Fletcher, Jochen J Brocks
1Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University of Technology, Kent Street, Bentley, Western Australia 6102, Australia. B.Rasmussen@curtin.edu.au
Nature
|October 25, 2008
まとめ
古代オーストラリアのシェイルの新しい分析は,酸素による光合成の初期の証拠に異議を唱える. 以前は,27億年前のサイアノバクテリアとユーカリオットを示すと考えられていたバイオマーカーは,今や汚染物質とみなされ,最も初期の化石の証拠を後押ししています.
科学分野:
- 地質化学 地質化学
- パレオバイオロジーの古生物学
- 地質学 地質学 地質学
背景:
- 酸素による光合成は,地球の化学を深刻に変化させ,大気中の酸素の上昇と氷河期をもたらした.
- 初期の酸素 fotosynthesis (2.7 Gyr ago) の以前の証拠は,オーストラリアのシェールにおけるバイオマーカーに依存し,eukaryotesとcyanobacteriaを示唆しました.
研究 の 目的:
- 2.7Gyrのオーストラリアのシェールにおけるバイオマーカーの本土的起源を再評価する.
- 信頼性の高い化石の証拠に基づいて,初期のエウカリオットとサイアノバクテリアの実際の年齢を決定する.
主な方法:
- ピロビチューメンとケロゲンの微米スケールでの炭素同位体 (13C/12C) のインシットー測定.
- オーストラリアのピルバラクレトンからメタモルファスされたシェールの分析,以前にバイオマーカーを生成したサンプルを含む.
主要な成果:
- 原産のケロゲンとピロビチューメンは13Cで著しく枯渇しており,以前から抽出された炭化水素よりも同位体的に軽いことを示している.
- 13C/12Cの比率は,シェールで発見されたバイオマーカーの原産地との相容れない.
- バイオマーカーは,変身後 (約. 2.2 Gyr前),アーカイア時代の生命の証拠としてそれらの使用を無効にしました.
結論:
- ユカリオットの最も古い化石の証拠は,現在1.781.68Gyr前であり,シアノバクテリアの化石は,約です. 2.15年前のこと.
- この研究は,2.7Gyr前の酸素 fotosynthesisの証拠を排除しています.
- これは,サイアノバクテリアの出現と大気中の酸素の上昇の間のタイムラインに関する私たちの理解を修正します.
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