/channels/news_feeds/all/term/algae/rss en /channels/channels/news/origins-photosynthesis-plants-dated-125-billion-years-ago-283492 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The world’s oldest algae fossils are a billion years old, according to a new analysis by earth scientists at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. Based on this finding, the researchers also estimate that the basis for photosynthesis in today’s plants was set in place 1.25 billion years ago.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/gibson_angmaat_formation.jpg?itok=XN1kXEXX" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">20 </span><span class="month">December </span><span class="year">2017</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 20 Dec 2017 16:04:30 +0000 webfull 133683 at /channels