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Description: Earliest records of earth life. Proterozoic era deposited sediments one and one half billion years ago. Fossils are believed to be lime secretions of minute single celled plants, similar to some of the algae that live in hot springs today. Precambrian time. Credit Information: © The Field Museum, Neg. # CK23AT Photographer: Ron Testa
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