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Holes in Desert Rocks May Have Been Left by Microbe Unlike Any Known


An unusual pattern of tiny rock tunnels, first found in Namibia's desert roughly 15 years ago, could be the work of an unknown life form – a mysterious microorganism unlike any other described bacteria, fungi, or lichen on Earth.

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