Saturday, July 18, 2026

On The Hunt For Earth’s First Complex Life

Bear Island in the Barents Sea which is a paleontological hotbead known for preserving ancient microfossils.  Credit:  Wikipedia

Finding microfossils of Earth’s oldest complex life is a bit like chasing an astrobiological rainbow. The eukaryotic pot of gold at rainbow’s end always seems just a bit out of reach.



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