microbial life
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The Inside Of Earth Holds Up To 23 Billion Tons Of Life
It may seem fantastical, but there is a living world deep, deep beneath our feet. Go below the soil, beyond the bedrock, and you’ll find a hot, sweaty underworld teeming with life that puts the surface biosphere to shame.
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Scientists Claim To Have Found Our Planet’s Oldest Fossils
An international team of researchers say they have found fossils dating back to at least 3.77 billion years ago, making them the oldest fossils ever found on our planet. The discovery, though sure to attract scrutiny, has implications for our understanding of how life got started on Earth — and how it may have emerged…