Die ‘Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA)’van alle lewe op Aarde het ongeveer 3 miljard jaar gelede verskyn en sekere sellulêre kenmerke van lewe bevat / The Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA) of all life on Earth appeared ± 3 billion years ago and contained certain cellular features of life.

Fotosinterende prokariote het die eerste suurstof gevorm vir Aarde se atmosfeer / Photosynthetic prokaryotes formed the first oxygen for Earth’s atmosphere.

Prokariotiese organismes was die eerste lewende organismes op Aarde / Prokaryotic organisms were the first living organisms on Earth.

Vroeë lewensvorme op Aarde was waarskynlik afhanklik van die son vir energie / Early life forms on Earth probably depended on the sun for energy.

Die vroegste prokariotiese organismes op aarde was waarskynlik chemo-outotrofe / The earliest prokaryotic organisms on Earth were probably chemoautotrophs.