You can find the oldest living organisms in existence in Mexico

You can find the oldest living organisms in existence in Mexico

I first came across stromatolites seven years ago during a private sail around Bacalar. Nonchalantly sitting along the shore, I wasn’t sure what I was looking at. Our captain, Darius, said, “See over there? They are the oldest lifeforms on earth,” while pointing at some mangroves near shore.  Looking closer, he shared the fascinating history of these rock-like columnar communities of bacteria. I won’t lie, I found it so fascinating that I jumped…