Close-up showing biomats, the dark striations, believed to be the earliest form of any life on earth

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Size: 4975px × 3317px 42.1cm × 28.1cm - 300dpi
Location: Barberton, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Photo credit: © Oscar Max / AfriPics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Categories: Geology

Keywords: archaean archean fossils barberton greenstone belt biomat biomats fossil geological geological features geology greenstone microbe microbial oldest rock earth rock sedimentary rock