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1.7-Billion-Year-Old Fossils Link Oxygen to Rise of Complex Life

More than 12,000 fossils from ancient Australian rocks show that early eukaryotes lived only where oxygen was available, strengthening the case that the gas was essential to the emergence of complex life.

1.7-billion-year-old fossils reveal a crucial clue to the rise of complex life
1.7-Billion-Year-Old Fossils Link Oxygen to Rise of Complex Life
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More than 12,000 fossils from ancient Australian rocks show that early eukaryotes lived only where oxygen was available, strengthening the case that the gas was essential to the emergence of complex life.