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

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Submitted by susan on Thu, 2016-09-22 11:49

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.

Name of the Journal: 
Nature
Main Topic: 
Science And Technology
thesaurus: 
Life Science
Fossils
Greenland
Micro Organisms
Author: 
Allen P. Nutman
Vickie C. Bennett
Clark R. L. Friend & et al
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External URL: 
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v537/n7621/full/nature19355.html
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535–538
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Publication Date: 
22/09/2016