Show fossilized bacteria marvelous as were the of such prehistoric monsters as the mammoth the mastodon and the they are now eclipsed by re cent investigations which show the most minute microbes mic robes and bacteria in fossil form the ance ancestors of our modern infectious disease germs germa and microbes mic robes have been found la in fossils of the earliest life on earth fossil bacteria have been discovered in very verl ancient lime stones collected by dr charles D walcott secretary of 0 the smithsonian institution in gallatin gallaton ln county montana the bacteria con of individual cells and apparent chains of cells which correspond in their physical appearance with the cells of a form of bacteria of today the world has believed that bacteria were modern forms ot life but now we are made anade to realize that they existed in te dawn of world history many million years ago |