Fungus is oldest known land fossil

Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - 05:50 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The fossil of a microscopic fungus that dates back 440 million years is thought to be the oldest of its kind - and the earliest fossil evidence of land dwellers.

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