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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: Weird Australia Rocks Are Earliest Signs of Life, Study Says


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Egg-carton-shaped rock formations called stromatolites are backlit by the setting sun in the Western Australia region of Pilbara.

New analysis seeks to settle a debate over whether these unusual sediment structures are a sign of early life on Earth.

Photograph courtesy Abigail Allwood/ Nature