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Scientists Discovered the Tunnels of a Possibly Unknown Ancient Lifeform (www.popularmechanics.com)
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[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Mysterious micro-burrows in desert marble and limestone were probably made by microbes that lived millions of years ago.

“Millions of years ago”—that narrows it down to 99.95% of the history of life on earth.

[–] derek@infosec.pub 6 points 1 week ago

A least it was clickbaitey sensationalism about something other than the giant ground sloths this time.