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PMR556-11 
 Australia, Western Australia, Shark Bay: stromatolites in Hamelin Pool. Long believed extinct, these sediment-trapping black algae were only recently discovered. They are one of the earliest forms of life on our planet, unchanged in 3000 million years. 
 Keywords: tropical, stromatolite, beginnings of life, biology, evolution

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Photographer: Peter Michael Rhodes
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Upload Date: 2012-11-14 00:50:57
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Australia, Western Australia, Shark Bay: stromatolites in Hamelin Pool. Long

believed extinct, these sediment-trapping black algae were only recently discovered. They are one of the earliest forms of life on our planet, unchanged in 3000 million years.
Keywords: tropical, stromatolite, beginnings of life, biology, evolution