Devin Powell in the Washington Post today is reporting on a claim by
Nora Noffke,
a biochemist at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA, on the discovery of bacterial
traces in the Pilbara which "are the oldest fossils ever described".
Noffke was part of a group who presented the finding to the Geological Society of
America last month, so the evidence will now undergo further peer scrutiny.
Article here -
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/nation...278_story.html
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/nation...8_story_1.html