When scientists search for species that lived hundreds of millions of years ago they’re not always just looking for ancient animals. Life on Earth has changed a lot over time, but sometimes a new discovery reveals a few things that have stayed largely the same.
In a new paper published in Nature, researchers reveal the discovery of tiny microfossils dating back at least 900 million years — and perhaps even as far as one billion years — that prove that some forms of fungi were alive and well much farther back in Earth’s history than previously thought.
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Discovery of one billion year old fungi changes our understanding of life on Earth originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 23 May 2019 at 17:13:21 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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