Scientists discovered a previously hidden ecosystem - lagoons in Argentina's Puna de Atacama harbors microbial communities, ...

Animal life, emerging nearly 600 million years ago, showcases incredible diversity and unique traits. Unlike plants, animals ...

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Nicknamed the Lagoon of Seven Colours, the lake features five collapsed cenotes – underground water reservoirs unique to Yucatán — and is home to an ancient population of stromatolites ...

When fossilized, the layered microbial structures are known as stromatolites. Some date as far back as 3.5 billion years ago, providing some of the earliest convincing traces of any kind of life ...

Stromatolites, reef-like structures built by ancient cyanobacteria in shallow seas, document this evolution. Found across India — from the Vindhyas and Cuddapah Basin to the limestone ridges of the ...

Stromatolites have been a major focus in the search for ancient microbial life, however, the organic carbon biosignatures of dolomitized stromatolites have not yet been fully characterized or ...

The stromatolites from the genus Conophyton cylindricus represent a datum for the Proterozoic (Meso to Neoproterozoic) on Earth. Their typical conical shape has been considered a result of a ...

Modern stromatolites at Antelope Island State Park, Great Salt Lake, Utah. Image by Carpenter, Kenneth - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index ...

Fossilized mats of cyanobacteria, known as stromatolites, date to 3.7 billion years. Rocks from Australia show isotope signs of life dating to 4.1 billion years ago. And some ancient rocks in Canada ...