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Single-celled prokaryotes that are preserved in stromatolites. Stromatolites are ancient laminated rocks formed by the growth of cyanobacteria; basically they are rock-like buildups of microbial mats that form in limestone-forming environments. In combination with oncoids, stromatolites are formed by the baffling, trapping, and precipitation of particles by communities of microorganisms like cyanobacteria or red algae, etc. So in answer to your question, the oldest fossils are stromatolites, and the life forms that created those "fossils" were prokaryotic bacteria and algae like cyanobacteria.
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What was on of the earliest forms of life?
Stromatolites are one of the earliest known life forms; some fossils may date back 3.5 billion years - before Earth had any oxygen in it's atmosphere.
What was one of the earliest life forms of life?
Stromatolites are one of the earliest known life forms; some fossils may date back 3.5 billion years - before Earth had any oxygen in it's atmosphere.
What was the one of the earliest forms of life?
Stromatolites are one of the earliest known life forms; some fossils may date back 3.5 billion years - before Earth had any oxygen in it's atmosphere.
What was one of the earliest form of life?
Stromatolites are one of the earliest known life forms; some fossils may date back 3.5 billion years - before Earth had any oxygen in it's atmosphere.
What was one of the earliests forms of life?
Stromatolites are one of the earliest known life forms; some fossils may date back 3.5 billion years - before Earth had any oxygen in it's atmosphere.
Which of the following types of life is NOT represented in the earliest fossils?
eukaryotes
Fossilized evidence of Earth's first forms of life would consist of?
The earliest fossils known are in the form of stromatolites formed by cyanobacteria about 3.5 billion years ago. To say however that these are the first life forms is not likely to be correct. Cyanobacteria are already a relatively complex single celled organism. It is likely that simpler forms preceded them but so far no evidence of this has been found.
What is The earliest life forms on earth lived?
The earliest ones still around are stromatolites, but there were lots of earlier life forms.
On what continent were the earliest fossils found?
I think Africa, which is why it is referred to as the cradle of life.
What a palynologist?
The study of ancient life forms, as in fossils
Do all DNA descend from DNA in the earliest forms of life?
Yes. Our DNA has been passed on and changed/modified since the earliest forms of life.
Among the earliest life forms on earth?
Cyanobacteria
