Fossils Are Found in the Most Unexpected Places! 

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The Barberton Greenstone Belt in South Africa is very old - 3.42 billion years old. The rock discussed is interpreted as a subseafloor hydrothermal vein.

3.42-billion-year-old chert veins (dark gray) in rocks at the Barberton Greenstone Belt in South Africa

AXEL HOFMANN

The researchers found (using sophisticated microscopes and other instruments) that they were looking at filamentous cellular colonies. Because they were in rocks which originated deep below the sea floor, they obtained their energy from chemical processes and probably generated methane.