News » Technology News »
Diamonds Suggest Earlier Date of Life on the Planet
Voice Up
Flag
Email
Add it to allvoices!
Or add related content to this report
News Stories | Blog Posts | Images | Videos | Comment
Cell phones use report code: @779400
Related News
Join our Excellence in Citizen Media Initiative and Earn Up To $10,000. Join the incentive now!
Tiny Zircon Crystals found in the Jack Hills of Western Australia may push back the accepted date of appearance of life on the planet over 500 million years, out dating the current known source of life that was found in West Greenland.
Radioactive carbon dating suggests that the rare gems were formed over 4.4 billion years ago, in the Hadean phase of the Earth that was earlier thought to have inhospitable conditions for life.
Diamonds hint at 'earliest life' Tiny slivers of diamond forged on an infant Earth may contain the earliest traces of life, a study has shown. Analysis of the crystals showed they contain a form of carbon often associated with plants and bacteria....
- Filter by News Source:
- All
- London
- United Kingdom
- Europe
- World
Life on Earth may have emerged 750 mln yrs earlier than previously thought London, July 03: A new research has suggested that life on Earth might have emerged about 750 million years earlier than previously thought. According to a report in New ...
Analysis of the crystals showed they contain a form of carbon often associated with plants and bacteria. The rare gems were found inside zircon crystals, formed a few hundred million years after the Earth came into being. Writing in the journal ...
Site Links
Contributions
- Sign up, and add your voice by contributing to allvoices
- Report Your News
- Add your voice and contribute via your cellphone - check out how to Report News via Your Cellphone
- Blog Widget
- Widget for Blog Owner
