What is the Oldest Fossil on Earth?

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References:-
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/197...
https://cosmosmagazine.com/biology/ov...
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https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/mission...
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SIMS analysis of Primaevifilum amoenum, an Apex chert microfossil found in Western Australia, is interpreted to be a methane-consuming γ-Proteobacterium. Source: J.W. Schopf, UCLA.
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