Compressed Fossilized 2.5 Billion-Year-Old Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria

A 3-D image showing the wrinkled surface of the compressed fossil, originally round, the bacterial outer shell is now preserved in the shape of a deflated beach ball. Image created using confocal laser scanning microscopy in Andrew Czaja’s geology lab at the University of Cincinnati. Movie by Andrew Czaja, University of Cincinnati

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how we finding this old stuff ie time continuumThese 2.5-billion-year-old bacteria predate the rise of oxygen on Earth