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Late Archean molecular fossils from the Transvaal Supergroup record the antiquity of microbial diversity and aerobiosis
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“Moreover, extractable acyclic isoprenoids and a homologous series of extractable n-alkanes (C 10-23+ ), both of which were prominent in previous Archean biomarker studies (1-3, 5, 7, 22, 23), were also below detection limits or cumulative laboratory blank concentrations in the AIDP samples.”
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“Furthermore, the hopane and sterane concentrations measured in our analysis of the RHDH2A sample are more compatible with the concentrations reported in earlier Archean biomarker studies of the Mount Bruce and Transvaal supergroups (7,21)”
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“For comparison, the hopane and sterane concentrations that were detectable and measured in the AIDP samples are approximately one to three orders of magnitude less than the hopane and sterane concentrations reported in earlier Archean biomarker studies (7,21).”
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“the analyses of the saw blade (before it was heat treated) and the sawed surfaces of the RHDH2A quarter-core highlight that sawing can contribute significant but variable hydrocarbon contaminants to the substrate, yet the cumulative blanks reported in previous studies did not record the hydrocarbon contribution from sawing (1,4,6,7).”
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“According to currently available H/C ratios and other indicators of thermal history, the metamorphic grades of AIDP-2 and AIDP-3 are similar to (1-4, 6, 7, 15, 21, 26) or lower than (5,22,23) the metamorphic grades of the rocks from which biomarkers have been previously reported.”
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“Instead, contamination is the only explanation for the reproducibility of the detectable surficial hopanes and steranes in conventionally drilled and curated Archean samples (3,6,7,11) and the undetectable or blank level-equivalent hopane and sterane concentrations in samples from the ultraclean AIDP drill cores.”
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- Authors
- Waldbauer, J. R., Sherman, L. S., Sumner, D. Y., & Summons, R. E.
- Affiliations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
- University of California, Davis (US)
- Corresponding author
- Summons, Roger E.
- Venue
- Precambrian Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2009-03
- Volume
- 169
- Issue
- 1-4
- Pages
- 28-47
- ISSN
- 0301-9268 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1967509775
- Cited by
- 167
- References
- 102
- Citations by year
- 2025: 3 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 12 · 2013: 18 · 2012: 21
- FWCI
- 11.92
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Precambrian Research (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Origins and Evolution of Life
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geochemistry and Petrology › Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- Keywords
- Late Archean, molecular fossils, Transvaal Supergroup, microbial diversity, hopanes, steranes, cyanobacteria, methanotrophic bacteria, oxygenic photosynthesis, eukaryotic origin, origin of cellular life, unconformity
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