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3.7-billion-year-old Isua stromatolites: isolated stromatolite (strom) and aggregate of stromatolites (stroms); locally, lamination is preserved in the stromatolites (blue lines); layering in the overlying sediment (red lines) onlaps onto the stromatolite sides; a weak tectonic foliation is indicated (green lines). Image credit: Allen P. Nutman et al.

Paleontologists Find 3.7-Billion-Year-Old Microbial Fossils in Greenland

Sep 1, 2016 by News Staff

An international team of scientists from Australia and the UK has uncovered the world’s oldest fossils in a remote area of Greenland, revealing that...