Life on Mars? Fossil find shows it's possible

Monday, August 22, 2011 - 01:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Scientists have found Earth's oldest fossils in Australia and say their microscopic discovery is convincing evidence that cells and bacteria were able to thrive in an oxygen-free world more than 3.4 billion years ago.

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