Meaning of Uzma. African name. In African, the name Uzma means-greatest.The name Uzma originated as an African name. The name Uzma is most often used as a girl name or female name.
Compared to the oldest fossils ever found, though, Sue is the new kid on the block [source: Field Museum ]. Some of those ancient fossils, known as stromatolites, are more than 50 times older than Sue -- 3.45 billion years old, to be exact [source: University of Munster ].
In a new study, a team of scientists announced it has discovered the worldâs oldest fossils, dating back some 3.77 billion years (and possibly as far back as 4.28 billion years). The remarkable find, detailed yesterday in the journal Nature, is comprised of a series of microscopic filaments and tubes that researchers believe were formed by bacteria that thrived on iron.