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1.6-billion-year-old plant-like fossils discovered in India
short by Gaurav Shroff / on Wednesday, 15 March, 2017
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.
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