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Bacterial fossils exhibit earliest hints of photosynthesis

By KASPERA
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Side-by-side images of an oblong beige bacteria fossil next to a closeup of its inner structures that look like horizontal black lines. Those structures are membranes needed for photosynthesis, researchers say.

Ancient tiny fossils may hold early signs of a power that shaped the world. That power: photosynthesis. It released oxygen to help shape our atmosphere.

Cyanobacteria are one of Earth’s …read more

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