Author

Emily Boyle

Emily Boyle is a science educator at a regional science center, where she develops interpretive materials and public presentations for a deep-time exhibition. She writes about the history of early life and human evolution for Biology Insights. A former fossil preparator, Boyle previously led school group tours and designed hands-on displays. She earned a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from the University of Portland.

Which Organisms Evolved Photosynthesis First? The Evidence
What Was the First Life on Earth & How Did It Begin?
What Came First, Plants or Animals?
Who Was the First Person to Be Alive on Earth?
How Were We Created? The Science of Human Origins
When Did Prokaryotes Evolve? The First Life on Earth
Which Were the Earliest Oxygen-Producing Life-Forms?
Who Was the First Person to Ever Live?
What Did Humans Look Like 2000 Years Ago?
What Was the Most Important Gas Contributed by Stromatolites?
Why Would Early Earth Have Been Toxic for Modern Day Animals?
When Were Eyes Invented? The Evolution of Vision
How Many Phyla Are There in the Tree of Life?
Why Do We Have 10 Fingers? The Evolution of Pentadactyly
What Is a Protosome? Key Developmental Features
When Did the First Photosynthesis Evolve?
Why Were Prokaryotes the First Cells on Earth?
How Did the First Cell Form on Early Earth?
David Raup: The Paleontologist Who Redefined Evolution
When Did the First Eukaryote Evolve?
LUCA Common Ancestor: What Was It and Where Did It Live?
Embryonic Homology: What It Is and Why It Matters
Did Life Start in the Ocean? Examining the Evidence
Ape Man Science: The Study of Early Human Evolution
What Was Darwin’s Dilemma and How Did Science Solve It?
What Was the First Living Thing on Earth?
Comparative Embryology: How Embryos Reveal Evolution
Galapagos Evolution: The Theory of Natural Selection
What the Dikika Discoveries Reveal About Human Origins