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Erica picked up a rock by chance 10 years ago. It might hold the oldest form of complex life on Earth (news.unsw.edu.au)
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A fossil found inside a souvenir 'pet rock' could push the start of complex life on Earth back by about 750 million years.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

In a parallel universe there's an Erica Barlow that decided she was too busy with her thesis and that sample remained just a pet rock.