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[ad_1] Enlarge / The triangular shapes had been described as possible relics of 3.7 billion-year-old microbial life. The rock has been flipped upside down since then, but the red arrow highlights that …

[ad_1] USA today NetworkSeth Borenstein, Associated Press Posted at 05:51 AM on 18 October 2018 | Updated at 05:54 ET on 18 October 2018 TO CLOSE Ancient fossils show us wild worlds …

[ad_1] Signs of life? Or just normal geology? New research suggests the latter. Image: Abigail Allwood Two years ago, researchers from the University of Wollongong in Australia shook the world by claiming …

[ad_1] One of the most important organisms in the world, a genetically identical tree forest located in Utah, is slowly being devoured by deer. The Pando Aspen colony, also known as the …

[ad_1] "In their defense," she adds, "fieldwork in Greenland is very difficult to do. But for our defense, that's why the good weather and the good exposure allowed us to see everything …

[ad_1] Tiny mounds vaunted as the oldest fossilized evidence of life on Earth could be twisted rocks. Found in rocks 3.7 billion years old in Greenland, the mounds are very similar to …

[ad_1] The first evidence of animal life on Earth was discovered because scientists discovered that biomarkers belonged to an old sponge species dating back to 635 million years ago. Evidence suggests that …

[ad_1] The oldest index of animal life, dating back at least 100 million years before the Cambrian period, at the time of appearance of most major types of animals, was discovered by …

[ad_1] SThe specialists discovered the oldest molecular sign of animal life, but it did not come from a pile of prehistoric bones. While the vast majority of ancient animals we know come …

[ad_1] An underwater picture of the species of modern demosponge Rhabdastrella globostellata, which makes the same 26-month-old steroids as those found by researchers in ancient rocks. Credit: Paco Cárdenas Researchers at the …