The microorganisms are identical to fossils found in Western Australia, and confirm that organisms will not change biologically if there is no change in their physical environment, a central belief in Darwin's theory. Scientists analyzed the fossils using methods that made three dimensional images of rocks. The research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, was conducted through fossil analyzation methods that made 3-D renderings of rocks.

"If they were in an environment that did not change but they nevertheless evolved, that would have shown that our understanding of Darwinian evolution was seriously flawed. The rule of biology is not to evolve unless the physical or biological environment changes, which is consistent with Darwin," Schopf added.