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– Matty
- Geologists found large spherical fossils thought to be from microbial life
- Microbes lived in the ocean depths before Earth’s oxygen-rich atmosphere
- Researchers claim they are the oldest bacteria of their kind to be found
- It is thought they got energy from sulfur compounds seeping out from the Earth’s crust, similar to bacteria found at hydrothermal vents today
Matty (Headwind) 