Why is the claim of the discovery of microfossils controversial?
A) they are found in rocks from the Hadean Eon
B) it is not clear whether they are of biological or mineral origin
C) the rocks they are found in are probably contaminated by terrestrial bacteria
D) they are too small to be of biological origin
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Q7: Microfossils are
A) fossilized microbes
B) the remains of
Q8: Which approach is currently proving to be
Q9: Stromatolites date back to approximately
A) 4.6 billion
Q10: Microfossils found in northwestern Australia in 2011
Q11: Why have studies of the geological record
Q13: Stromatolites are
A) fossils of the first organisms
Q14: Organisms close to each other on the
Q15: Modern day living stromatolites which resemble ancient
Q16: Why can studies of carbon isotopes be
Q17: A sample of an ancient sedimentary rock
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