This 1.5 billion-year-old fossil found in Sikkim has a connect with earliest life on Earth

Recently, Sikkim’s Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang proclaimed a thrilling find: a 1.5-billion-year-old stromatolite fossil discovered at the Fossil Park in Mamley, situated in the Namchi district. It has been uncovered that this fossil is older than the comparable revelations from the USA, Australia, and Canada, becoming one of the earliest life forms on Earth. Tamang characterized this uncovered fossil as “groundbreaking” and a significant testimony to ancient microbial life.