3 Billion-Year-Old Sulfur-Eating Microbes May Be the Oldest Fossils Ever Found
The oldest, up to now, fossil has been found recently by a team of Australian and UK geologists, who claim that they’ve managed to discover micro-organism remnants as old as 3.5 billion years. These tiny living cells were actually sulfur feeding bacteria, which didn’t need any kind of oxygen to survive. The fossils were found [...]
3 Billion-Year-Old Sulfur-Eating Microbes May Be the Oldest Fossils Ever Found
Tue 23 Aug 11 from Discover Magazine
3 Billion-Year-Old Sulfur-Eating Microbes May Be the Oldest Fossils Ever Found, Tue 23 Aug 11 from Discover Magazine
New Mars rover snapshots capture Endeavour crater vistas
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has captured new images of intriguing Martian terrain from a small crater near the rim of the large Endeavour crater. The rover arrived ...
Mon 22 Aug 11 from Phys.org
Fossil insight into ancient Earth
Tiny structures found within 3.4bn-year-old sandstones in Western Australia show early microbes on Earth were processing sulphur for energy and growth.
Mon 22 Aug 11 from BBC News
Fossil find shows Martian life possible
EARLIEST LIFE: Ancient fossil find suggests cells and bacteria were able to thrive in an oxygen-free world more than 3.4 billion years ago.
Mon 22 Aug 11 from ABC Science
Oldest known fossils prove life began more than 3.4bn years ago
The fossilised remains of the oldest known lifeforms on Earth have been discovered in samples of rock collected near a remote watering hole in the middle of the Australian Outback.
Sun 21 Aug 11 from The Independent
Earth's oldest fossils boost hopes for life on Mars
Microfossils found in Australia show that more than 3.4 billion years ago, bacteria thrived on an Earth that had no oxygen, a finding that boosts hopes life has existed on Mars, a study published ...
Sun 21 Aug 11 from Phys.org
Oldest fossil in the world found, scientists claim
The oldest, up to now, fossil has been found recently by a team of Australian and UK geologists, who claim that they’ve managed to discover micro-organism remnants as old as 3.5 billion ...
Tue 23 Aug 11 from ZME Science
Oldest Fossils on Earth Discovered
The Earth's oldest fossils show evidence for cells and bacteria living over 3.4 billion years ago.
Tue 23 Aug 11 from U.S. News
World's oldest fossils discovered
Scientists say they've found the world's oldest fossils, the remains of tiny creatures that lived 3.4 billion years ago in a pre-oxygen world. read more
Mon 22 Aug 11 from TG Daily
Bookmark
