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hDid Natural Nuclear Reactors Influence Life's Evolution Through Radiation-Induced Mutations?
I recently read about a natural occuring nuclear fission reactor:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural\_nuclear\_fission\_reactor ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_nuclear_fission_reactor
Which happens to be in the same location (Gabon, Africa) where (supposedly) the oldest known multicellular organisms have been found:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francevillian\_biota https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francevillian_biota
Also the timing roughtly matches up (1.7billion years - 2 billion years ago)
While this is probably a coincidence, I'm still curious, is there any research on the impact of radiation on the evolution of early life?
#science
I recently read about a natural occuring nuclear fission reactor:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural\_nuclear\_fission\_reactor ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_nuclear_fission_reactor
Which happens to be in the same location (Gabon, Africa) where (supposedly) the oldest known multicellular organisms have been found:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francevillian\_biota https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francevillian_biota
Also the timing roughtly matches up (1.7billion years - 2 billion years ago)
While this is probably a coincidence, I'm still curious, is there any research on the impact of radiation on the evolution of early life?
#science
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