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UWO Researcher Finds What May Be Oldest Fossil On Earth
The London Free Press ^
| 5-29-2007
| John Miner
Posted on 05/30/2007 4:46:22 PM PDT by blam
UWO researcher finds what may be oldest fossil on Earth
Tue, May 29, 2007
By JOHN MINER, SUN MEDIA
A team led by a University of Western Ontario scientist has discovered direct evidence there was life on Earth 3.35 billion years ago
UWO geologist Neil Banerjee and his team found fossilized tunnels of microbes in ancient rock from Australia.
The find was dated by scientists at the University of Alberta using a newly developed laser-dating method.
“This is very strong evidence,” Banerjee said.
The discovery pushes the fossil evidence of life back to the early period of the Earth’s development. Scientist believe the earth is 4.5 billion years old.
With the discovery of the early fossil remains, scientists may be able to pinpoint where to look for life on Mars, said Banerjee.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: australia; earth; fossil; godsgravesglyphs; piltdownman; researcher
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posted on
05/30/2007 4:46:27 PM PDT
by
blam
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
05/30/2007 4:46:47 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
Saw your headline and thought it was Robert Byrd.
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posted on
05/30/2007 4:48:24 PM PDT
by
Stayfree
(*******************Fred D. Thompson for President.com)
To: blam
Insert obligatory Helen Thomas reference here:
To: blam
This can't be. The earth is only 6,000 years old.
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posted on
05/30/2007 4:51:11 PM PDT
by
Rodney King
(No, we can't all just get along.)
To: blam
Meanwhile, the oldest living fossil had no comment.
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posted on
05/30/2007 4:51:57 PM PDT
by
Bullish
( Reality is the best cure for delusion.)
To: blam; Millee; carlr; Maximus of Texas; EX52D; ontap; StephenTX; wallcrawlr; Auntbee; Shimmer128; ...
Re:
Scientist believe the earth is 4.5 billion years old... &
A team led by a University of Western Ontario scientist has discovered direct evidence there was life on Earth 3.35 billion years ago ... 1.15 billion years to go from scratch to life...
Well, it is taking me more than two weeks to move less than mile, so I guess it is possible...
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posted on
05/30/2007 4:53:27 PM PDT
by
Bender2
(A 'Good Yankee' comes down to Texas, then goes back north. A 'Damn Yankee' stays... Damn it!)
To: blam
Their facts are wrong. Fossils are known from Warrawoona, Australia dating from 3.5 billion and there are carbon isotopes from rocks in Isua, Greenland dating at 3.8 billion that are thought by some to indicate the presence of bacterial life.
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posted on
05/30/2007 5:03:26 PM PDT
by
rockprof
To: blam
The microbes originally lived in helen Thomas’ stool.
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posted on
05/30/2007 5:05:48 PM PDT
by
Captainpaintball
(immigration without assimilation means the death of this nation)
To: Bullish
HAHAH I KNEW it, and by the sixth post, too!
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posted on
05/30/2007 5:17:27 PM PDT
by
Gorzaloon
(Global Warming: A New Kind Of Scientology for the Rest Of Us.)
To: Rodney King
This can't be. The earth is only 6,000 years old. I used to work with a fundamentalist that believed that. The one time I asked him about the fossil record he stated that it was all made that way to test our faith. All of science dismissed in an instant, with no rebuttal evidence whatsoever.
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posted on
05/30/2007 5:17:49 PM PDT
by
Dumpster Baby
("Hope somebody finds me before the rats do .....")
To: Dumpster Baby
There are numerous FReepers who believe exactly that. I am surprised they have not showed up yet.
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posted on
05/30/2007 5:31:53 PM PDT
by
Rodney King
(No, we can't all just get along.)
To: Bullish
I get it now. Because Helen Thomas is a very old woman. Fossil. Hilarious!
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posted on
05/30/2007 5:32:25 PM PDT
by
Kleon
To: Stayfree
Saw your headline and thought it was Robert Byrd. I was thinking the same thing! LOL!
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posted on
05/30/2007 5:35:32 PM PDT
by
dforest
(Fighting the new liberal Conservatism. The Left foot in the GOP door.)
To: blam
using a newly developed laser-dating method Good post.
I would love to learn more about that laser-dating method! But the article doesn't say any more.
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posted on
05/30/2007 5:45:48 PM PDT
by
Coyoteman
(Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.)
To: Rodney King
From what I understand, even the most strident fundamentalist gets tired of “suffering fools” after a while.
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posted on
05/30/2007 5:51:54 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(Fred Thompson '08)
To: Gorzaloon
I was afraid to look at this post because of that picture and sure enough Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzot.
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posted on
05/30/2007 6:00:16 PM PDT
by
Major_Risktaker
(Global Warming is a cover story for Peak Oil.)
To: blam
newly developed laser-dating method The comparative calibration might be a bit iffy ....
To: Rodney King
To: Coyoteman
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posted on
05/30/2007 6:38:33 PM PDT
by
blam
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