The very first cells obtained their energy from geochemical reactions. LMU researchers have now managed to recreate this ancient metabolic process in their laboratory.
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The first animals lived on the ocean floor. LMU researchers have found that microbial metabolic processes and marine material cycles played a key role in their early evolution.
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An expedition team including Oliver Rauhut has excavated two specimens of a new spe-cies of predatory dinosaur. The find is one of the most significant in Central Asia.
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