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References:
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/197...
https://cosmosmagazine.com/biology/ov...
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/201...
https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/mission...
https://helix.northwestern.edu/articl...

Image Credits:
SIMS analysis of Primaevifilum amoenum, an Apex chert microfossil found in Western Australia, is interpreted to be a methaneconsuming γProteobacterium. Source: J.W. Schopf, UCLA.
https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/nai/art...
https://link.springer.com/referencewo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Hi...
https://theconversation.com/howwedi...
By Paul Harrison Photograph taken by Paul Harrison (Reading, UK) using a Sony CyberShot DSCH1 digital camera., CC BYSA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By Didier Descouens Own work, CC BYSA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
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