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Shiva Balak Misra is an Indian geologist, writer and social worker from Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh in India and is known for his contribution to the knowledge of earliest life forms on earth.
In the summer of 1967, Shiva Balak Misra, an Indian graduate student (1966–69) at Newfoundland's Memorial University discovered a rich assemblage of imprints of soft bodied organisms on the surface of large rock slabs, while mapping the Conception Group of Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland near Cape Race, at a place called Mistaken Point.
Oct 5, 2007 · Shiva Balak Misra was a graduate student at Memorial University in Newfoundland, Canada, when he discovered the 565-million-year-old fossils of soft-bodied organisms shaped like leaves and spindles. Misra published his findings in the Geological Society of America Bulletin but returned to his native village in north India in 1971 to build a school.
Oct 16, 2019 · The fossils at Mistaken Point were discovered in June 1967 by Shiva Balak Misra of India and his field assistant Paul Thompson. The two scholars were mapping Precambrian-era rocks as part of Misra’s master’s thesis for Newfoundland’s Memorial University. The Precambrian era is considered the earliest phase in the Earth’s history, dating ...
Dr Shiva Balak Misra is an Indian geologist, writer, social worker. He is the Editor-in-chief of Gaon Connection.
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Nov 9, 2022 · For Dr Shiv Balak Misra, a noted geologist from Deora village in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district, the year 1967 was a turning point. It was a milestone that not only marked the zenith of his career as a scientist but also the year when he decided to return to his roots and pursue a dream — to set up a school in his village.
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In 1967, while mapping Precambrian rocks along the coastline, Shiva Balak Misra and his field assistant Paul Thompson stumbled upon these remarkable fossil beds. This serendipitous discovery marked the first record of an Ediacara-type fauna in the Western Hemisphere, igniting excitement and curiosity among scientists and enthusiasts alike.
