The naked planet Earth: Most essential pre-requisite for the origin and evolution of life

• Published in: Di xue qian yuan. Vol. 4; no. 2; pp. 141 - 165
• Main Authors: Maruyama, S., Ikoma, M., Genda, H., Hirose, K., Yokoyama, T., Santosh, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.03.2013; Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan%Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan%School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences(Beijing), 29 Xueyuan Road, Beijing 100083, China; Faculty of Science, Kochi University, Kochi 780-8520, Japan
• Subjects: Anorthosite; Birth; Earth; Emergence; Evolution; Habitable planet; Initial ocean mass; Life; Marine; Metazoa; Metazoan; Nutrients; Oceans; Planets; Earth; Life; Nutrients; Initial ocean mass; Metazoan; Habitable planet; Habitable planer

Our blue planet Earth has long been regarded to carry full of nutrients for hosting life since the birth of the planet. Here we speculate the processes that led to the birth of early life on Earth and its aftermath, finally leading to the evolution of metazoans. We evaluate: (1) the source of nutrie...