Earth's Oldest (~ 3.5 Ga) Fossils and the `Early Eden Hypothesis': Questioning the Evidence
- 1 February 2004
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Discover Life
- Vol. 34 (1/2) , 257-269
- https://doi.org/10.1023/b:orig.0000009845.62244.d3
Abstract
We question the biogenicity of putative bacterial andcyanobacterial `microfossils' from3465 Ma Apex cherts of the Warrawoona Group in WesternAustralia. They arechallenged on the basis of integrated...Keywords
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