Abderrazak El Albani
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Abderrazak El Albani is a French sedimentologist
, maître de conférences at University of Poitiers
at the Hydrasa laboratory (CNRS) He is significant for having discovered the oldest known fossils of multicellular organisms in the 2.1 billion years-old black shales of the Palaeoproterozoic Francevillian Group Fossil
Formation in Gabon, which shed new light on the origin of multicellular organism
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Sedimentology
Sedimentology encompasses the study of modern sediments such as sand, mud , and clay, and the processes that result in their deposition. Sedimentologists apply their understanding of modern processes to interpret geologic history through observations of sedimentary rocks and sedimentary...
, maître de conférences at University of Poitiers
University of Poitiers
The University of Poitiers is a university in Poitiers, France. It is a member of the Coimbra Group.-History:Founded in 1431 by Pope Eugene IV and chartered by King Charles VII, the University of Poitiers was originally composed of five faculties: theology, canon law, civil law, medicine, and...
at the Hydrasa laboratory (CNRS) He is significant for having discovered the oldest known fossils of multicellular organisms in the 2.1 billion years-old black shales of the Palaeoproterozoic Francevillian Group Fossil
Francevillian Group Fossil
The Francevillian Group Fossil is an early, macroscopic organism. They were centimeter-sized highly organized, spatially discrete colonial organisms. Their fossils are found in the west-African country of Gabon in the Palaeoproterozoic Francevillian B Formation, a 2.1-Gyr-old black shale...
Formation in Gabon, which shed new light on the origin of multicellular organism
Multicellular organism
Multicellular organisms are organisms that consist of more than one cell, in contrast to single-celled organisms. Most life that can be seen with the the naked eye is multicellular, as are all animals and land plants.-Evolutionary history:Multicellularity has evolved independently dozens of times...
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