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Microfossils from early Earth

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Proof that purported fossils of early life are truly old and biological is often controversial. Detailed analyses confirm the early evolution of microbial sulphur cycling and reveal microfossils in 3.4-billion-year-old beach sandstones.

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Figure 1: The Strelley Pool Formation, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia.

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  1. Emmanuelle J. Javaux is in the Department of Geology, Palaeobiogeology–Palaeobotany–Palaeopalynology, University of Liège, 17 allée du 6 aoÛt B18, 4000 Liège (Sart-Tilman), Belgium,

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