Reappraisal of hydrocarbon biomarkers in Archean rocks

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2015

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French, Katherine L
Hallman, Christian
Hope, Janet
Schoon, Petra L
Zumberge, J Alex
Hoshino, Yosuke
Peters, Carl A
George, S C
Love, Gordon D
Brocks, Jochen

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National Academy of Sciences (USA)

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Hopanes and steranes found in Archean rocks have been presented as key evidence supporting the early rise of oxygenic photosynthesis and eukaryotes, but the syngeneity of these hydrocarbon biomarkers is controversial. To resolve this debate, we performed

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PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

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