1.6-billion-year-old plant-like fossils discovered in India

Swedish Scientists have uncovered a pair of 1.6 billion-year-old fossils in Chitrakoot, UP, that appears to contain red algae, which they claim to be the oldest evidence of plant-like life discovered on Earth. The oldest known red algae are 1.2 billion years old. Scientists said the discovery could lead experts to rewrite the tree of life.