EARTH SCIENCE
THE EVOLUTION OF THE EARTH AND ITS INHABITANTS
2 DATING METHODS AND CORRESPONDING CHRONOMETERS IN ASTROBIOLOGY 3 SOLAR SYSTEM FORMATION AND EARLY EVOLUTION: THE FIRST 100 MILLION YEARS 4 BUILDING OF A HABITABLE PLANET 5 PREBIOTIC CHEMISTRY – BIOCHEMISTRY – EMERGENCE OF LIFE (4 4-2 GA) 6 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT 7 ANCIENT FOSSIL RECORD AND EARLY EVOLUTION (CA 3 8 TO 0 5 GA) 8 A SYNTHETIC INTERDISCIPLINARY ‘‘CHRONOLOGICAL FRIEZE’’: AN ATTEMPT 9 LIFE ON EARTH AND ELSEWHERE?