The Oldest Plant in the World-This is a two-billion-year-old fossil of an algae that Harvard University says is the oldest specimen of plant life ever found. The fossil, found near Lake Superior, is magnified 725 times.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

The Oldest Plant in the World-This is a two-billion-year-old fossil of an algae that Harvard University says is the oldest specimen of plant life ever found. The fossil, found near Lake Superior, is magnified 725 times.

[ca. February 1954]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Fossil

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