livescience.com — The earliest life on Earth might have been just as purple as it is green today, a scientist claims. Ancient microbes might have used a molecule other than chlorophyll to harness the Sun?s rays, one that gave the organisms a violet hue.
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dumbledoritoApr 11, 2007
Or purple nurples?
oojamaflip2006Apr 11, 2007
not even god can explain purple lettuce
afreytApr 11, 2007
This was news 15 years ago. Where have you guys been. Yeah, purple bacteria photosynthesize, and they are older than blue-green algae. Whoa!]Apologies to the educators among us, but this is ancient, ancient stuff that should be in every biology textbook. Bacteriorhodopsin. Yay. /sarcasm
ostracizeApr 11, 2007
Amazing how an article about "scientists" and "pre-history" has to grow into an anti-religious tirade.Grow-up people...grow-up.
pekoApr 11, 2007
Tinky Winky supports this message.
agrajagApr 11, 2007
You planted your tulips directly underneath a solar panel?
grantthegr8Apr 11, 2007
"Rendition" is the word you're looking for.
mapkinaseApr 12, 2007
That is where dinosaurs got their color from.
capellathestarApr 13, 2007
Those are some amazing sunsets. Nice site.