The world’s oldest fossils or oily gunk? New research suggests these 3.5 billion-year-old rocks don’t contain signs of life
- Written by: Birger Rasmussen, Adjunct Professor, The University of Western Australia
Saul Shepstein, Author providedThe Pilbara region of Western Australia is home to one of the most ancient surviving pieces of Earth’s crust, which has been geologically unchanged since its creation some 3.5 billion years ago.
Some of the oldest signs of life have been found here, in the North Pole area west of the town of Marble Bar, in black...
