Life before oxygen: UC geologist uncovers 2.5 billion-year-old
fossils of bacteria that predate the formation of oxygen.
University of Cincinnati, November 29, 2016
http://magazine.uc.edu/editors_picks/recent_features/bacteria.html
Ancient rocks hold evidence for life before oxygen, University of
Cincinnati, Press Release, November 29, 2016
http://www.heritagedaily.com/2016/11/ancient-rocks-hold-evidence-for-life-before-oxygen/113484
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161129144840.htm
Geologist uncovers 2.5 billion-year-old fossils of bacteria that predate
the formation of oxygen by Melanie Schefft, PhysOrg, Nov.29, 2016
http://phys.org/news/2016-11-geologist-uncovers-billion-year-old-fossils-bacteria.html
The paper is:
Czaja, A. D., N. J. Beukes and J. T. Osterhout, 2016, Sulfur-oxidizing bacteria
prior to the Great Oxidation Event from the 2.52 Ga Gamohaan Formation
of South Africa, Geology. vol. 44, no. 12, pp. 983-986DOI: 10.1130/G38150.1
http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/early/2016/10/07/G38150.1.abstract
Yours,
Paul H.