Oxytropidoceras Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Controversial fossils suggest life began to move 2.1 billion years ago. New Scientist, February 11, 2019 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2193557-controversial-fossils-suggest-life-began-to-move-2-1-billion-years-ago/ The paper is: Abderrazak El Albani, M. Gabriela Mangano, Luis A. Buatois, Stefan Bengtson, Armelle Riboulleau, Andrey Bekker, Kurt Konhauser, Timothy Lyons, Claire Rollion-Bard, Olabode Bankole, Stellina Gwenaelle Lekele Baghekema, Alain Meunier, Alain Trentesaux, Arnaud Mazurier, Jeremie Aubineau, Claude Laforest, Claude Fontaine, Philippe Recourt, Ernest Chi Fru, Roberto Macchiarelli, Jean Yves Reynaud, François Gauthier-Lafaye, and Donald E. Canfield, 2019, Organism motility in an oxygenated shallow-marine environment 2.1 billion years ago PNAS published ahead of print February 11, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1815721116 https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/02/05/1815721116 Yours, Paul H. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marguy Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Oxytropidoceras, Thank you for the informative message about the publication. I would like to add the following links, on which you will be able to see spectacular 3D images. enjoy. https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/life-was-already-moving-21-billion-years-ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marguy Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 returning to the subject, I see that I only copied one of the 2 links that I wanted to integrate. https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/life-was-already-moving-21-billion-years-ago http://www.cnrs.fr/en/discovery-oldest-evidence-mobility-earth-0 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marguy Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 and today this one more https://gizmodo.com/2-billion-year-old-squiggles-could-be-the-earliest-evid-1832560056 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Thanks for these... this is pretty cool indeed. The 3d animation.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 And Morocco covered it briefly too. https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2019/02/265786/moroccan-geologist-evidence-mobility/ 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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