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Calcified clue to ancient photosynthesis

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Mat of microbes contains calcium carbonate that could only have formed through photosynthesis.

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  1. Tice, M. M. & Lowe, D. R. Nature 431, 549-552 (2004).

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Sanderson, K. Calcified clue to ancient photosynthesis. Nature (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2011.397

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