Tiny fossils found in 1.7 billion-year-old mud yield clues to the evolution of complex life
- Written by Maxwell Lechte, Research Associate in Geobiology, University of Sydney
Drill cores of sedimentary rock which contains microscopic fossils. Maxwell LechteStored in an open-air warehouse in tropical Darwin, Australia, are dozens of trays containing cylindrical cores of rock. They are from drill holes bored hundreds of metres below the surface by mineral exploration companies decades ago.
Some of these cores at the Northe...





