Earth’s Oldest Living Organisms Discovered Trapped in 2-Billion-Year-Old Rock - SciTechDaily

Earth’s Oldest Living Organisms Discovered Trapped in 2-Billion-Year-Old Rock - SciTechDaily

Scientists found living microbes in a 2-billion-year-old rock in South Africa, providing insights into early life on Earth and potentially aiding the search for life on Mars. Researchers have discovered pockets of living microbes within a sealed fracture of a…
This picture shows many tiny cells in which DNA is abundantly included inside the cells. First, the microbial cells were detected in fractures in the rock sample using an infrared imaging technique c… [+5378 chars] Read More

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