Researchers: The microfossils have a carbon-rich outer sheath and a chemically and structurally distinct core, consistent with a cell wall or membrane around intracellular or cytoplasmic matter.
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At ScienceNews: “Fake” fossils more common than real ones
“Fake” here just means inanimate objects called bimorphs that form naturally and resemble microfossils. Doubtless, this will complicate searches for the earliest life, which is most likely evidenced as microfossils if it is evidenced at all. That is, of a given specimen, was it ever life?