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Questioning the evidence for Earth's oldest fossils
Access & Citations
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- 789
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Online attention
- 1 tweeters
- 7 blogs
- 4 Facebook pages
- 14 news outlets
- 1 F1000
- 6 Wikipedia page
- 511 Mendeley
- 2 Citeulike
This article is in the 99th percentile (ranked 231st) of the 56,385 tracked articles of a similar age in all journals and the 98th percentile (ranked 5th) of the 350 tracked articles of a similar age in Nature
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Mentions in news and blogs
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The Big Debate Over the 
Oldest Life on Earth | DISCOVER
Discover Magazine -
The Big Debate Over the 
Oldest Life on Earth | DISCOVER
Discover Magazine -
Oldest fossils might just be mineral look-alikes
Arstechnica -
MIL-Evening Report: The world’s oldest fossils or oily gunk? New research suggests these 3.5
Foreign Affairs New Zealand -
Weekly Research: March 28 – April 03
Teaching Biology -
The Origin of Life and of the Atmosphere
Teaching Biology -
The Big Debate Over the 
Oldest Life on Earth | DISCOVER Magazine
Discover Top Stories -
Oldest fossils might just be mineral look-alikes
Ars Technica
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