From Fossils to Astrobiology

Geology.- Nanosims Opens a New Window for Deciphering Organic Matter in Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Samples.- Disentangling the Microbial Fossil Record in the Barberton Greenstone Belt: A Cautionary Tale.- Looking Through Windows onto the Earliest History of Life on Earth and Mars.- Models for Silicate Fossils of Organic Materials in the Astrobiological Context.- Microfossil Phosphatization and Its Astrobiological Implications.- Proterozoic Unicellular and Multicellular Fossils from India and Their Implications.- Microbial Communities of Stromatolites.- Biosedimentological Processes That Produce Hot Spring Sinter Biofabrics: Examples from the Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka Russia.- Cyanobacterial Mat Features Preserved in the Siliciclastic Sedimentary Record.- Deciphering Fossil Evidence for the Origin of Life and the Origin of Animals.- Biology.- Microorganisms in the Ancient Terrestrial Subsurface – And in Outer Space?.- Evidence of Ancient Microbial Life in an Impact Structure and Its Implications for Astrobiology.- Phylogenomic Dating and the Relative Ancestry of Prokaryotic Metabolisms.- Fossil Microorganisms at Methane Seeps: An Astrobiological Perspective.- Endoliths in Terrestrial Arid Environments: Implications for Astrobiology.- Magnetotactic Bacteria and Their Potential for Terraformation.- Paleontological Tests: Human-Like Intelligence Is Not a Convergent Feature of Evolution.- Cosmic Life Forms.- Space Sciences.- Astronomical and Astrobiological Imprints on the Fossil Records: A Review.- Do Impacts Really Cause Most Mass Extinctions?.- Irradiation of Icy Cometary Analogs: Its Relevance in Reference to Chemical Evolution and the Origin of Life.- The Big Bang at Time Zero.- Molecular Imprints of Reaction Network.- The ALH84001 Case for Life on Mars.-Preservation Windows for Paleobiological Traces in the Mars Geological Record.- Summary, Final Comments and Conclusions.