withersailor@aussie.zone to Science@beehaw.org · 2 years ago

Evidence of 1-Billion-Year-Old 'Lost World' of Microbes Discovered Beneath Australian Outback

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Evidence of 1-Billion-Year-Old 'Lost World' of Microbes Discovered Beneath Australian Outback

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withersailor@aussie.zone to Science@beehaw.org · 2 years ago

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Fat-like compounds in ancient rocks point to a vast array of previously unknown microbes that once dominated complex life on Earth

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I mean that’s kinda the entire point of microbes - evolve and change to suit the environment. Radically different environment = radically different bacteria and viruses.

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