Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Zircons & Very early life

In the new view of the early Earth, life could have emerged hundreds of millions of years earlier. “This means the door is open for a long, slow chemical evolution,” Dr. Mojzsis said. “The stage was set for life probably 4.4 billion years ago, but I don’t know if the actors were present.”

- NY Times (link here)

Never underestimate the value of zircons.

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