World's oldest microfossils?

Started by PopeyesPappy, March 01, 2017, 04:59:57 PM

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PopeyesPappy

A research team has identified what they believe are the world's oldest microfossils at a site in Canada. They are estimating their age at 3.77 - 4.28 billion years.

Others are skeptical.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/01/world/oldest-microfossils-canada/index.html
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Unbeliever

It amazes me how soon life started on Earth - just a few hundred million years. That bodes well for other life in the universe.
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Baruch

Quote from: Unbeliever on March 01, 2017, 05:14:51 PM
It amazes me how soon life started on Earth - just a few hundred million years. That bodes well for other life in the universe.

You and I are just highly mutated stromatolites.
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Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
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Are you taking any medications?
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badger2

On another thread, we mentioned a report several years old of the fossil worms in the iron deposits of Minnesota/Michigan. These Canadians may be older.