By analyzing microfossils — fossils about the size of a thumbnail — within the limestone, researchers found that the tiny ancient organisms preserved in the stone were from Europe, according ...

If Mars ever hosted microorganisms in its bygone oceans, their fossils might still be preserved in minerals—and now, we have ...

Scientists may have uncovered microfossils containing evidence of microbes that lived at least 3.77 billion ago, according to a study published yesterday (March 2) in Nature. “If indeed their analyses ...

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For 135 years, there’s been just a single species belonging to this group. Now, a second has been discovered in western Queensland. Palaeontologist don’t just dig up dinosaur bones – they ...