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In a "major breakthrough", researchers have discovered fossils in Gabon of multicellular organisms that are 2.1 billion years old.
These new fossils, of various shapes and sizes, imply that the origin of organized life is a lot older than is generally admitted, thus challenging current knowledge on the beginning of life.
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