Barghoorn and Tyler Discover 2-Billion-Year-Old Microfossils
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Science and Technology Series
- Categories: Science
- Subcategories: Biology, Biologists, Scientists, Earth Sciences, Natural History
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: Massachusetts, New England, Wisconsin
- Date: April 30, 1954
Article abstract: Barghoorn and Tyler’s photographs of a number of microorganisms ushered in a new era of Precambrian paleontology, and the fossil discoveries were the first in a series crucial to understanding the origin and early development of life on Earth.
Summary of Event
On April 30, 1954, the American journal Science published a brief article by Elso Barghoorn and Stanley Allen Tyler entitled “Occurrence of Structurally Preserved Plants in Pre-Cambrian Rocks of the Canadian Shield,” which had been submitted for publication on...
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