First Fossils (IMAGE) University of Southern Denmark Caption According to Emma Hammarlund these 2-billion-year-old fossils represent an early life form that experimented with evolving into some kind of multicellular lifeform, but did not succeed. Credit Abder El Albani Usage Restrictions Must be credited Abder El Albani License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.