Controversy Over World’s Oldest Traces Of Life
Monday, February 16, 2009 - 14:35
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The argument over whether an outcrop of rock in South West Greenland contains the earliest known traces of life on Earth has been reignited. The research argues that the controversial rocks ‘cannot host evidence of Earth’s oldest life’, reopening the debate over where the oldest traces of life are located.