A 500-million-years-old Microbial Stromatolite from a Reef in Namibia (IMAGE)

University of British Columbia

A 500-million-years-old Microbial Stromatolite from a Reef in Namibia

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Stromatolites are some of the very few indicators of ancient microbial life.

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Woodward Fischer, California Institute of Technology.

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