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Man & machine occupy the same #EcologicalNiche
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... species that has so far globally deprived itself of the basis for its life:
#Cyanobacteria in the #GreatOxidationEvent...
#greatoxidationevent
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#MolecularClock analysis shows #bacteria used #oxygen long before widespread photosynthesis
Scientists use the #GreatOxidationEvent and how organisms adapted to it to map bacterial #evolution
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1078069 #science #astrobiology
EurekAlert!Molecular clock analysis shows bacteria used oxygen long before widespread photosynthesisIn a new study published in Science, researchers from the Model-Based Evolutionary Genomics Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) and their international collaborators have constructed a detailed timeline for bacterial evolution and oxygen adaptation. Their findings suggest some bacteria could use trace oxygen long before evolving the ability to produce it through photosynthesis.
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#Treibhausgase #GlobaleErwärmung
#Wissenschaftskommunikation
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...arbeite ich gerne mit dem #GreatOxidationEvent (dt.: #GroßeSauerstoffkatastrophe, #GOE) der #CyanoBakterien.1)/--Die haben den Sauerstoff auch nie wieder aus der Atmosphäre entfernen können. :(
Mann müsste vermutlich einen Zeichentrickfilm à la "Es war einmal...der Mensch" kreieren um die "Massen überhaupt erreichen zu können.
s/: Von wegen "Schwarm-Intelligenz"--...
There is nothing so special about this time, seen from the perspective of an immortal. Anything has happened before. Earth doesn't need us.
The only new thing us that humans, in contrast to the #cyanobacteria of the #GreatOxidationEvent, were conscious:
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#ClimateCatastrophe
#ExtinctionLevelEvent
Yes, the only other species known to me to have ever been so stupid as to have destroyed their whole biosphere on a global level, are #cyanobacteria in the #GreatOxidationEvent in the #Paleoproterozoic Era.
2.4 billion years and #humanity collectively has an #IQ of these ancient bacteria.
Maybe, it deserves to become extinct?
Cheers!
Watch:
https://documentaryuniverse.com/how-bad-was-the-great-oxidation-event/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Oxidation_Event
Image source:
https://documentaryuniverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/maxresdefault-778.jpg
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Spannend. Weshalb führt ein hermetisch abgeschlossenes System nicht zu einem Überangebot an Sauerstoff wie seinerzeit bei den Cyano-Bakterien im #GreatOxidationEvent?
Vielleicht eine blöde Frage, aber Biounterricht ist lange her...
Dr Erica Barlow picked up a rock by chance 10 years ago. It might hold the oldest form of complex life on Earth https://news.unsw.edu.au/en/erica-picked-up-a-rock-10-years-ago-it-might-hold-the-oldest-form-of-complex-life-on-earth
Distinctive #microfossil supports early #Paleoproterozoic rise in complex cellular organisation https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gbi.12576
"the age estimate coincides with the #GreatOxidationEvent... The sharp rise of oxygen has been linked to the development of complex life on Earth, but we haven’t had the fossil record to demonstrate this – until now."
Onset of coupled atmosphere–ocean oxygenation 2.3 billion years ago
#GreatOxidationEvent #GOE #science
NatureOnset of coupled atmosphere–ocean oxygenation 2.3 billion years ago - NatureThe Great Oxidation Event represents a tipping point in Earth’s O2 mass balance—when more O2 was being produced than destroyed—that forever changed the habitability of worldwide oceans.
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#Evolution #ExtinctionLevelEvents #ELE|s
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Homo sapiens is the worst kind of predator on earth:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/112288577086281412
...and, relatively speaking with regard to his intellect, the most stupid one in all of history: the cyano bacteria that probly were the first "beings" that destroyed their habitat on a global scale (#GreatOxidationEvent) did neither have the cognitive faculties, nor any antecedents from which they could have learned:
If there ever...
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#Dystopias #SciFi
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...anthropologist: homo sapiens has literally exterminated any other human being (like the Neanderthals) that might have become dangerous. Collectively, not individually, humans carry the seed of their own destruction in them.
Now, that we have "conquered the earth," have destroyed any number of wild animals that might have threatened us significantly, so that they became extent, we have been turning on each other in...
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@danimo @human_with_piano
@admin @minaMensch & Machine belegen die selbe #ÖkologischeNische
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Gestern oder heute kam eine Meldung das "rogue programmers" LLM's umprogrammiert hätten - ohne "guardrails".
Die Menschheit ist kollektiv Dümmer als sich dies #IsaacAsimov im #TheCompleteRobot über viele Jahre hätte vorstellen können. Die Menschheit ist sogar Dümmer, als die einzige Spezie, die sich bislang global selbst die Lebensgrundlage entzogen hat: #Cyanobakterien im #GreatOxidationEvent..
Breathtaking Discovery: Unearthing Microfossils That Redefine Life’s Evolution
Scientists have discovered ancient microfossils in Western Australia, offering new insights into the rise of complex life during the Great Oxidation Event. These findings, which show similarities to algae, could redefine our understanding of life’s evolution and the potential for complex life forms in the universe.
https://scitechdaily.com/breathtaking-discovery-unearthing-microfossils-that-redefine-lifes-evolution/ #Microfossils #Evolution #GreatOxidationEvent #australia #life
SciTechDaily · Breathtaking Discovery: Unearthing Microfossils That Redefine Life’s EvolutionMicrofossils found in Western Australia suggest a significant leap in life's complexity during the Great Oxidation Event, hinting at the early evolution of complex organisms like algae. Microfossils from Western Australia may capture a jump in the complexity of life that coincided with the rise o
Thank you very much for sharing this interesting aspect.
I shall read it later on.
Is this similar to the #phototrophs of the #Archean Eon (07:16 min, see link below) 3.6-2.5 bn yrs ago, which invented #photosynthesis, using hydrogen and dissolving sulphite to create sulphur and suphuric acid?
(not to be equated with the #GreatOxidationEvent shown in the preview below)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H476c8UjLXY&list=WL&index=24