Sentences with phrase «martian microfossils»
Among the best places to find Martian microfossils would likely be at the sites of mineralizing springs, ancient evaporite deposits, and soil hardpans.
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In 1996, these structures were even used to test and help refute the case against «microfossils» in the Martian meteorite ALH 84001.
Because asteroid and comet impacts facilitate the transfer of rocks between Mars and Earth, the discovery of microfossils on the Martian surface would not in itself prove that life arose independently on Mars.