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That's old!

Started by BlueKrono, October 20, 2017, 12:30:04 AM

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BlueKrono

Potentially the oldest known traces of life on Earth, at 3.95 billion years ago, surpassing the previous record of 3.77 billion years ago.
https://gizmodo.com/these-canadian-rocks-may-contain-the-oldest-known-trace-1818842040
We are accustomed to look upon the shackled form of a conquered monster, but there - there you could look at a thing monstrous and free." - King Kong, 2005


Faelrin

That's cutting it close considering how old the Earth is (or at least what the current calculation is). Wow though. That is a pretty awesome find. Interesting points raised at the end of the article too. I love thinking about that kind of stuff really.
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Ravonium

#2
I, for some reason was wondering earlier today about 'What is the oldest known organism in the fossil record?'. I ignored this thought for most of my until I saw this thread.


Anyways, all I have to say is: Wow, that's quite ancient, if I do say so myself!

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