Lost world of complex life and the late rise of the eukaryotic crown

Estimating the timing of early eukaryotic diversification with multigene molecular clocks

Laura Wegener Parfrey, Daniel J. G. Lahr, Andrew H. Knoll et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2011 · 927 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Evolutionary Biology, Paleontology +17

Low Mid-Proterozoic atmospheric oxygen levels and the delayed rise of animals

Noah J. Planavsky, Christopher T. Reinhard, Xiangli Wang et al. · Science · 2014 · 760 citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Paleontology +16

Snowball Earth climate dynamics and Cryogenian geology-geobiology

Paul F. Hoffman, Dorian S. Abbot, Yosef Ashkenazy et al. · Science Advances · 2017 · 716 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geology +17

<i>Bangiomorpha pubescens</i>n. gen., n. sp.: implications for the evolution of sex, multicellularity, and the Mesoproterozoic/Neoproterozoic radiation of eukaryotes

Nicholas J. Butterfield · Paleobiology · 2000 · 710 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Evolutionary Biology +10

Biomarker evidence for green and purple sulphur bacteria in a stratified Palaeoproterozoic sea

Jochen J. Brocks, Gordon D. Love, Roger E. Summons et al. · Nature · 2005 · 608 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Geology, Microbiology +16