Earliest evidence of life on earth

Precambrian Research

Volumn 158, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 139-140

  Schopf, J William ^a   Walter, Malcolm R ^b   Ruiji, Cao ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 34548503228     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2007.05.001     Document Type: Editorial

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