Fossils called stromatolites from Western Australia were created by microbes 3.48 billion years ago. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

So the Olsons have arrived in Australia, Sue and George, and Sue has decided that no trip to Australia is complete without a pilgrimage to see the stromatolites. Naturally stromatolites are only found ...

These large grey mounds, known as stromatolites are said to be the oldest record of life on earth, with only a few colonies still in existence. But now scientists have discovered that they’re thriving ...

An international research team that examined rocks about 3.48 billion years ago found in the Dresser Formation in Western Australia concluded that 'this rock is derived from the activity of life.' ...

Could there be a way to find bacterial structures on another planet? And if so, how important might these bacteria be in making a planet life-friendly? These are some of the questions that could be ...

Researchers have pinned down a way to identify signs of ancient life in stromatolites ? strange, lumpy sedimentary rock formations. The method has been used to show the unambiguous remains of cells in ...

In Western Australia, 3.5bn-year-old stromatolites built up the oxygen content of the Earth’s atmosphere to about 20%, giving the kiss of life to all that was to evolve. The sunroof was open and the ...

Scientists have discovered a previously hidden ecosystem with an expansive system of lagoons in the salt plains of Puna de Atacama, an arid plateau in Argentina — with giant stromatolites that could ...

Researchers think they’ve found the remains of the oldest life on Earth — tiny bacteria that lived 3.7 billion years ago. The fossils, called stromatolites, turned up when some snow melted in ...

The southwest corner of Greenland is a barren place. Most of the time, the only living things you can see are moss and lichen. Occasionally though, you might also spot a few scientists, who have come ...