Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Earliest Seafloor Hydrothermal Systems on Earth: Comparison with Modern Analogues

Chapter 3 Archaean Hydrothermal Systems in the Barberton Greenstone Belt and Their Significance as a Habitat for Early Life

Chapter 5 Towards a Null Hypothesis for Stromatolites

Chapter 6 Trace Element Geochemistry as a Tool for Interpreting Microbialites

Chapter 7 A Modern Perspective on Ancient Life: Microbial Mats in Sandy Marine Settings from the Archean Era to Today

Chapter 8 Early Life Record from Nitrogen Isotopes

Chapter 9 Integration of Observational and Analytical Methodologies to Characterize Organic Matter in Early Archaean Rocks: Distinguishing Biological from Abiotically Synthesized Carbonaceous Matter Structures

Chapter 10 Bugs or Gunk? Nanoscale Methods for Assessing the Biogenicity of Ancient Microfossils and Organic Matter

Chapter 11 What Can Carbon Isotopes Tell Us About Sources of Reduced Carbon in Rocks from the Early Earth?

Chapter 12 Erratum to: Earliest Life on Earth: Habitats, Environments and Methods of Detection