Samples of lava that erupted onto the ocean floor almost 3.5 billion years ago contain microscopic tubes that may have been created by microbes, researchers say. That scenario puts these structures among the oldest known physical remnants of life.
IT’S TUBULAR. The cylindrical structures (arrows) riddling this ancient seafloor lava may have been created by microbes almost 3.5
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