microfossils
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Researchers Found Glowing Spider Fossils in the South of France
A team of researchers studying 22.5-million-year-old spider fossils from Aix-en-Provence were taken aback when the petrified pests glowed under a fluorescent microscope. The fluorescence was likely due to the circumstances of the fossilisation, the group said.
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Quest To Find The World’s Oldest Fossils Intensifies With New Result
Our planet popped into existence some 4.5 billion years ago. Life didn’t waste time, emerging shortly thereafter – but the exact timing of this momentous event is still unknown. A study published today offers new clues into this enduring scientific mystery by claiming to have discovered Earth’s oldest fossils in 3.5 billion-year-old Australian rock. Sounds…