830-million-year-old organisms found in rock salt, and they may be alive - Interesting Engineering

Ancient fossils consist of life forms that are pressed into the rock. With salt, however, preservation happens inside trapped water.

Geologists from the West Virginia University have found remnants of tiny life forms inside a rock salt that could open up new ways of understanding life on Earth and beyond, Science Alert reported. … [+3197 chars]

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