The new research, published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that structures once thought to be Earth's oldest
microfossils do not compare with younger fossil candidates but have, instead, the character of peculiarly shaped minerals.
Not exact matches
«As a summer project, I had asked Megan to search through samples for
microfossils so we could use them for geochemistry... She
did not have great luck, so I dumped the material on a tray for a final look before giving up on it.
«We tested acritarchs to
do a proof - of - concept on a
microfossil where there's no shadow of a doubt that we're looking at preserved ancient biology,» Marshall commented.
I don't know enough about the
microfossil studies to comment on how fast treeline would be moving north with contemporary very fast warming.