Sentences with phrase «microbial life on land»
The discovery of fossils of microorganisms in 3.48 billion - year - old hot spring deposits pushes back the earliest known existence of microbial life on land by at least 580 million years.
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The discovery pushes back the earliest known existence of microbial life on land by at least 580 million years, and raises an intriguing question — where did life first emerge, on land or in the oceans?
Fossils discovered by UNSW scientists in 3.48 billion year old hot spring deposits in the Pilbara region of Western Australia have pushed back by 580 million years the earliest known existence of microbial life on land.