Introduction

Branches needed to study

Geochronology

Straitigraphy

Paleontology

Geocronological units

Hadean eon

Theories for evolution

Conclusion

Evolution from rocks is a brief research work done on how rocks had evolved over billions of years ago and how life originated from them. To study evolution from rocks some branches of geology and related sciences are very important to know about. While the work is mainly based on different theories of evolution by different scientists and the latest researches of geologists which are recently trying to explain the relation of biological life with that of mineral basis.

Geochronology

Straitigraphy

Paleontology

Geochronology is

the science of

determining

the age of rocks

, fossils, and

sediments.

Straitigraphy is a

branch of geology

which studies

rock layers (strata)

and layering

(stratification).

Paleontology is the

scientific study of

prehistoric life. It

includes the study of

fossils to determine

organisms' evolution

and interactions with

each other and their

environments.

Units which are

used to divide

geological

time period

are called

geochronological

units.

Time spans ingeochronology

Notes togeochronological units

Eon 4 total, half a billionyears or more

Era 10 total, several hundredmillion years

Period Several hundredmillion years

Epoch tens ofmillions of years

Age millions of years

Chron subdivision of an age, notused by the ICS timescale

Geochronology

Geochronology is science of studying about geological time

Geochronological units are units which designate periods of time

thus it is correct to say that Tyrannosaurus rex lived during the Late Cretaceous Epoch

Straitigraphy is science of studying rocks and its layers

While strait chronological units explain the time of formation of rock layers

it is also correct to say that fossils of the genus Tyrannosaurus have been found in the Upper Cretaceous Series

Straitigraphy

Hadean eon has been considered the first geologic eon of Earth

It lied even before the Achaean (a geologic eon before the Proterozoic Eon2,500 million years ago.)

So according to scientists’ Hadean eon is the one due to which earth got its present form with the period of time

the rocks of

hadean eon

were the ones

which contained

essential substances

for life to evolve.

Life from the rocks of Hadean eon

Life from hydrothermal vents

Life due to phosphorites

Life due to meteor or commit

Life from volcanic eruptions

Life from clay hydro gels

Rocks formed in the time period of hadean eon gave life to earth

They reacted with other substances in that environment to produce materials which gave rise to ancient life

So the first step in evolution was the formation of rocks furthermore those rocks have molecules to support life

it is thought that once earth was covered with water all over

And due to high temperatures water was hot so somewhere in hydrothermal vents life originated and multiplied

Some archeobacteria which can resist temperature of about 120 degree Celsius survived as the rocks beneath or magma had basic molecules for life

2 billion years ago Earth system was recovering from perhaps the single-most profound modification of its surface environments: the oxygenation of the atmosphere and oceans.

This also resulted in the distribution of one of life's key elements, phosphorus.

The formation of Earth's earliest phosphorites was influenced strongly, if not controlled completely, by the activity of sulfur bacteria.

In the modern world, sulfur bacteria inhabit upwelling vent and seep areas known as "Black Smokers" and mediate phosphorites formation.

The scientists therefore conclude that the formation of the earliest worldwide phosphorites 2 billion years ago can be linked to the establishment of sulfur bacteria habitats, triggered by the oxygenation of Earth.

commits and meteors which hit the surface of the earth provided environment perfect for evolution

Some organic molecules came to earth by sticking to a meteorite

Formic acid, a compound implicated in the origins of life, has been found at record levels on a meteorite that fell onto a frozen Canadian lake in 2000.

the gasses emitted during volcanic eruptions contained molecules for life

The organic gases emitted from volcanic eruptions reacted with water due to high temperature at that time and made the molecules which persisted the ability to divide and transfer the hereditary material

clay (a silicate) has the ability to absorb liquid up to great extent so the materials being absorbed in that clay provided conditions and molecules for the life to evolve.

In simulated ancient seawater, clay forms a hydro gel -a mass of microscopic spaces capable of soaking up liquids like a sponge.

Over billions of years, chemicals confined in those spaces could have carried out the complex reactions that formed proteins, DNA and eventually all the machinery that makes a living cell work.

Clay hydrogels could have confined and protected those chemical processes until the membrane that surrounds living cells developed.

No theory can explain totally the origin of life on planet

earth!

All these theories might seem different from each other but actually they all are

connected in some way. So from the above discussion it is quite evident that

life originated after the evolution of different types of rocks and that

geological landforms became the reason for life to come into being!