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Rapid emergence of life shown by discovery of 3,700-million-year-old microbial structures [1]

Stromatolite fossils formed around 3,700 million years ago in what is now Greenland predate the previous oldest fossil evidence for life on Earth by more than 200 million years.

Publication Date: 
22/09/2016
Allen P. Nutman [2], Vickie C. Bennett [3], Clark R. L. Friend & et al [4]
Nature [5]
537
535–538
Tags:
Life Science [6], Fossils [7], Greenland [8], Micro Organisms [9]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/allen-p-nutman
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/vickie-c-bennett
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/clark-r-l-friend-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/nature
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/life-science
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fossils
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/greenland
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/micro-organisms