[Rockhounds] Pseudofossils on Mars

[Paul]

Could things that look like fossils trick us
thinking there was once life on Mars?
If you want to believe, fake Martian fossils
might convince you (but they're just rock formations).
By Elizabeth Rayne, SYFY, November 30, 20221
https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/even-if-mars-had-alien-life-these-fake-fossils-arent-it

An open access paper is:

McMahon, S. and Cosmidis, J., 2021. False
biosignatures on Mars: anticipating ambiguity.
Journal of the Geological Society.
https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/jgs/article/doi/10.1144/jgs2021-050/609631/False-biosignatures-on-Mars-anticipating-ambiguity

Related articles:

An Entomologist Claims That Mars Is Covered in
Bug-Shaped Things, And He Has 'Proof'
https://www.sciencealert.com/an-entomologist-is-trying-to-convince-us-that-mars-is-covered-in-bugs

Does Insect/Arthropod Biodiversity Extend Beyond Earth?
Conference: Entomological Society of America, Nov. 19, 2019, St. Louis, MO
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337155924_Does_InsectArthropod_Biodiversity_Extend_Beyond_Earth

OHIO entomologist: Photos show evidence of life on Mars
https://web.archive.org/web/20191120184750/https://www.ohio.edu/news/2019/11/ohio-entomologist-photos-show-evidence-life-mars

Yours,

Paul H.