Ancient Life "Wakes Up" After 100 Million Years Under the Seafloor
Deep below the seafloor , locked in a layer of 100 million - year - old rock , a lifeform restfully experience . It ’s not quite Godzilla , nor a long - lose Megalodon , but it does go to show how life on Earth can dwell under the most extreme and off-the-wall circumstances . Scientists have recently discovered that communities of microbes dwell beneath the seafloor are able to live in stone sediments for over 100 million years with urgently small nutrient ....