Fossilized Traces of Motility Found in 2.1 Billion Year-Old Rock (IMAGE)

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Fossilized Traces of Motility Found in 2.1 Billion Year-Old Rock

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Previously, the oldest traces of this kind found dated to approximately 600 million years ago: the Ediacaran period, also characterized by a peak in dioxygen and a proliferation in biodiversity. Scale bar: 1 cm.

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A. El Albani / IC2MP / CNRS - Université de Poitiers

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