TEN THOUSAND YEARS OLD.
it is suggested that some ol the earliest life'’on earth may have been discovered by Dr, G.abtto, at the French' Academy of Scienc's. LaLtnh M. Lacroix, secretary of the academy. handed several pieces of fossilised, wither to Dr. Galitte, who found microorganisms in them. Freed from the prison, where they arc believed to have “slept',” and duly cultivated,, those-or-ganisms developed great activity. Ibo doctor deduces that one'must, as octalc the ago' of the organism with .that ol tlie formation of the amber itself . ; 11m is said to be tens of thousands of jean ago* 1 • -■ . ....
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1844, 19 June 1920, Page 9
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99TEN THOUSAND YEARS OLD. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1844, 19 June 1920, Page 9
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