The fungal microfossils were found in a remote part of the Northwest Territories. Elizabeth Turner, a professor of sedimentary geology at Laurentian University was part of the team that discovered ...

Ultrahigh-resolution imaging of biogenic phosphorus and molybdenum in palaeoproterozoic gunflint microfossils. Scientific Reports, 2024; 14 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-72191-8 ...

Fast-forward 70 years, and new microfossils have pushed that timeline well into the Archean Eon. Most assume that the first cells were likely simpler than the 1 to 2 micrometer-wide bacteria we ...