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The TRACES project investigates how early microorganisms are preserved in ancient rocks by simulating conditions of silicification and thermal alteration. It aims to differentiate between true microfossils and abiologic structures, enhancing our understanding of life's history in extreme environments.
Reconstructing the nature and habitat of early life is a difficult task that strongly depends on the study of rare microfossils in the ancient rock record.
The preservation of such organic structures critically depends on rapid entombment in a mineral matrix.
Throughout most of Earth’s history the oceans were silica-supersaturated, leading to precipitation of opal deposits that incorporated superbly preserved microbial cells.
As we trace this record of life back in deep time, however, three impo…
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