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‘Living rocks’ off Saudi Arabia’s Sheybarah Island offer glimpse of how life on Earth began

Colony of living stromatolites discovered by KAUST team being hailed as a gift to geologists, biologists and environmental scientists
Geology professor Volker Vahrenkamp had set out to take a closer look at a phenomenon they first spotted on satellite images

By Jonathan Gornall · 08 June 2024