The Oldest Plant-Like Fossils Ever

Researchers might have discovered the 2 oldest plant-like fossils this week! Meanwhile, scientists learned more about another superpower of our favorite organism: tardigrades.

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Sources:

Algae
https://www.eurekalert.org/emb_releases/2017-03/p-wop030717.php
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2000735
http://paleobiol.geoscienceworld.org/content/26/3/386
https://books.google.com/books?id=6WYZQwmyWy0C&pg=PA13

Tardigrades
https://www.eurekalert.org/emb_releases/2017-03/cp-tuu030917.php
http://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(17)30133-8
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b02517

Image Sources:
http://img.algaebase.org/pdf/AC100CF316a8734043nPXq2B4E75/386.pdf
https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/134935.php
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ugii1eehyoxvsp0/AAD6s_fP8zo_6i4UHRlmirUxa?dl=0
http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.2000735

Thumbnail Image Source:
https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/134935.php