Evidence of 3.5-billion-year-old bacterial ecosystems found in Australia
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 - 17:00
in Earth & Climate
Reconstructing the rise of life during the period of Earth's history when it first evolved is challenging. Earth's oldest sedimentary rocks are not only rare, but also almost always altered by hydrothermal and tectonic activity. A new study has revealed the well-preserved remnants of a complex ecosystem in a nearly 3.5 billion-year-old sedimentary rock sequence in Australia.