First Signs Of Animal Life On Earth May Be From Microbes

Tuesday, September 20, 2016 - 15:01 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Evidence suggests that microbes existed on Earth as far back as 3.7 billion years ago, a billion years after the planet formed. Animal remains, however, don't appear in the fossil record until 600 million years ago.

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