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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Earth-like soils on Mars? Ancient fossilized soils potentially found deep inside impact crater suggest microbial life -- ScienceDaily

Earth-like soils on Mars? Ancient fossilized soils potentially found deep inside impact crater suggest microbial life -- ScienceDaily

This out recently from the same scientist that reinterpreted the Ediacaran fauna as terrestrial lichens, fungi and biocrusts, http://geodermatophilia.blogspot.com/2012/12/very-early-life-on-land-just-who-is.html
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  1. UnknownJuly 23, 2014 at 3:44 AM

    Mars seems like a great place for biocrusts to live, certainly in the past and maybe even now. I found your earlier linked article on Edicaran fauna really interesting, thanks for posting.

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    1. Matthew BowkerJuly 25, 2014 at 9:54 AM

      Thanks David, good to hear from you. Yes, I especially like the line of thinking that Earth life originated on ancient Mars, which was more hospitable than ancient Earth. Probably impossible to demonstrate, but a cool idea anyway. It could explain some peculiar patterns about nutrient requirements.

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