Ancient fossil microorganisms indicate that life in the universe is common

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Ancient fossil microorganisms indicate that life in the universe is common

#1 Post by billbillt » Tue Dec 19, 2017 3:54 pm

Scientists analyze specimens from 3.465 billion years ago..

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... ceDaily%29

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Re: Ancient fossil microorganisms indicate that life in the universe is common

#2 Post by ajmckay » Thu Dec 21, 2017 7:18 am

These are massively cool. Did a little bit of digging but I'm not really coming across much about where to find these (or similar fossilized microorganisms).

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#3 Post by billbillt » Thu Dec 21, 2017 5:37 pm

ajmckay wrote:These are massively cool. Did a little bit of digging but I'm not really coming across much about where to find these (or similar fossilized microorganisms).
Hi,

They seem to be quite elusive to us amateurs... Here is another paper with photos showing they type of strata these where found in.. I hope this helps..

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BillT

https://phys.org/news/2016-11-geologist ... teria.html

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