First up on our list of oldest fossils ever found are the microfossils of the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt. The rock sequence ...

A team of scientists have weighed in on whether microstructures found in 3.46-billion-year-old samples of a silica-rich rock called chert found in Western Australia are the planet's oldest fossils.

Fossil mimics may be more common in ancient rocks than actual fossils. Abiotic objects that resemble microbes are much hardier than their biological brethren. ... To other chert samples, ...

A team of scientists including Carnegie's Dina Bower and Andrew Steele weigh in on whether microstructures found in 3.46 billion-year-old samples of a silica-rich rock called chert found in ...

The oldest compelling fossil evidence for cellular life has been discovered on a 3.43-billion-year-old beach in western Australia. ... Australia, who thinks that the Apex chert fossils are real.

Hotly debated 3.5 billion-year-old microbe fossils get another look ... the crown rested comfortably on a 3.47 billion-year-old rock from Western Australia called the Apex Chert.

Researchers report biological affinities of the oldest known fossil microorganisms. The Apex chert formation from Western Australia is approximately 3.5 billion years old and contains some of the ...

The rock from the Apex Chert in which the fossils were found J. William Schopf In 1982, UCLA scientist J. William Schopf collected samples from the Apex Chert in Western Australia—a rare ...

More than 20 years ago, microscopic structures uncovered in the roughly 3.5-billion-year-old Apex Chert formation in western Australia were described as the oldest microbial fossils.

The rock from the Apex Chert in which the fossils were found J. William Schopf In 1982, UCLA scientist J. William Schopf collected samples from the Apex Chert in Western Australia—a rare ...

More than 20 years ago, microscopic structures uncovered in the roughly 3.5-billion-year-old Apex Chert formation in western Australia were described as the oldest microbial fossils.These ...