Discovery of Oldest Earth Fossil Provides Strongest Evidence Yet that Similar Organisms Could Have Evolved on Mars
It’s life, but not as we know it. The oldest fossil ever discovered on Earth shows that organisms were thriving 4.2 billion years ago, hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought. The microscopic bacteria, which were smaller than the width of a human hair, were found in rock formations in Quebec, Canada, but would have lived in hot … Continue reading
Life Forms from a Billion Years Ago Discovered
Scientists from China and the United States have discovered macroscopic life forms that were organizing over a billion years ago. The find in the Gaoyuzhuang rock formation in the Yanshan area in Northern China reveals centimeter-scale life forms over 1.5 billion years old. The published study states, “Fossils of macroscopic eukaryotes are rarely older than the Ediacaren Period (635-541 million … Continue reading
Dinosaur graveyard could finally be PROOF that asteroid impact wiped out species
PROOF that the dinosaurs’ time on Earth came to an abrupt end after an asteroid collided with the planet may have finally been found. Although the theory that a mass extinction occurred around 65 million years ago – wiping out 75 per cent of species – as a result of an asteroid impact is widely accepted, there has never been … Continue reading
