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[Credit: Thought Potato ] Biology of Thunderbird
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u/DragonFromFurther — 3 days ago
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New research reveals that 3.4 billion years ago (Archean Eon), ancient microbes relied on molybdenum — a metal that was vanishingly rare at the time — and even experimented with tungsten.
The findings may rewrite how astrobiologists search for life on other planets...