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Oldest-Known Terrestrial Rocks Unearthed

Posted by timothy on Tuesday December 3, 2002 @02:59PM from the what-are-canadian-rocks-worth dept.

wdavies writes "There are various news reports (see this Google search) Oldest Rocks University Quebec that are reporting the discovery of the oldest sedimentary rocks ever found. There are older rocks, but they are extra-terrestrial, and apparently these Earth-local rocks will give a lot more information about the early stages of life on our planet. IANAG so I can't judge any more, but seems significant"

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I'm confused by darthBear · 2002-12-03 15:18 · Score: 5, Funny

Why exactly is this in developers?
Please don't tell me this is considered an early beta of rock or something.