Layered rock in India shows potential signs of microbial life dating to 3.5 billion years ago
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- Oldest evidence of life on Earth has been discovered in India: A 3.4 billion-year-old layered rock shows signs of microbial life The Times of India · 7d ago
- Indian rock yields oldest directly dated traces of microbial life: study The Hindu · 7d ago
- A 3.5-Billion-Year-Old Rock in India May Preserve Carbon Left Behind by Some of Earth’s Earliest Microbes Discover Magazine · 7d ago
- 3.5-billion-year-old rock found in India may have oldest direct proof of life | Earth is about 4.5 billion years old Inshorts · 7d ago
- 3.5-Billion-Year-Old Organic Chert Reveals One of Earth's “Earliest Known Occurrences of Biologically Generated Organic Matter” The Debrief · 7d ago
- Oldest direct proof of life on 3.5-billion-year-old rock found 20km south of Jamshedpur telegraphindia.com · 7d ago
- Ancient microbes in our backyard The Economic Times · 7d ago
- Tiny 1.7-billion-year-old fossils could reveal how complex life began Science Daily · 7d ago
- Layered rock in India shows potential signs of microbial life dating to 3.5 billion years ago Phys.org · 7d ago broke it first
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