[samtheman]

UCLA geochemists have found evidence that life likely existed on Earth at least 4.1 billion years ago — 300 million years earlier than previous research suggested. The discovery indicates that life may have begun shortly after the planet formed 4.54 billion years ago.

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One way of thinking about it is that 4.54 billion minus 4.1 billion equals .44 billion years.

440 million years isn’t “shortly after the planet formed”.

It’s a long, long, long, long time. A lot longer than Patrick can whistle.

[Hebrews 11:6]

“shortly after the planet formed”

.44/4.54 = .097. So, evidence of life at <10% of the earth's current age, i.e., "shortly after the planet formed."