Layered rock in India shows potential signs of microbial life dating to 3.5 billion years ago
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"Layered rock in India shows potential signs of microbial life dating to 3.5 billion years ago" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 9 articles from 9 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include The Times of India, The Hindu, Discover Magazine and Inshorts. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (9)
- Oldest evidence of life on Earth has been discovered in India: A 3.4 billion-year-old layered rock shows signs of microbial life The Times of India · 45d ago
- Indian rock yields oldest directly dated traces of microbial life: study The Hindu · 45d ago
- A 3.5-Billion-Year-Old Rock in India May Preserve Carbon Left Behind by Some of Earth’s Earliest Microbes Discover Magazine · 45d ago
- 3.5-billion-year-old rock found in India may have oldest direct proof of life | Earth is about 4.5 billion years old Inshorts · 45d ago
- 3.5-Billion-Year-Old Organic Chert Reveals One of Earth's “Earliest Known Occurrences of Biologically Generated Organic Matter” The Debrief · 45d ago
- Oldest direct proof of life on 3.5-billion-year-old rock found 20km south of Jamshedpur telegraphindia.com · 45d ago
- Ancient microbes in our backyard The Economic Times · 45d ago
- Tiny 1.7-billion-year-old fossils could reveal how complex life began Science Daily · 45d ago
- Layered rock in India shows potential signs of microbial life dating to 3.5 billion years ago Phys.org · 45d ago
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