At 3.5 billion years old, they're among the oldest life forms ever

Wednesday, November 13, 2013 - 18:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Scientists have found fossil evidence of ancient microbial communities that lived 3.5 billion years ago.The new fossils, described in the journal Astrobiology, may be among the most ancient fossil life forms ever found."This is one of the, or the, oldest fossils ever found. You've got a 3.

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