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Confirmed: Earth's Oldest Rock In Australia

Posted by timothy on from the isn't-that-what-got-men-at-work-sued? dept.

SpamSlapper writes "Australia's ABC Science reports that ancient zircon crystals discovered in Western Australia have been positively dated to 4.374 billion years, confirming their place as the oldest rock ever found on Earth, according to a new study. The research reported in the journal Nature Geoscience, means Earth began forming a crust far sooner than previously thought, following the giant impact event which created the Earth-Moon system 4.5 billion years ago."

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  1. It comes from a land down under.. by jamesjw · · Score: 4, Funny

    Where this rock is about as old as the social and development views of our current Prime Minister..

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    1. Re:It comes from a land down under.. by GloomE · · Score: 2, Funny

      Why would he? He knows it can't be more than 10,000 years old. These "scientists" don't know what they're talking about.

  2. Ken Ham issues statement by Brad1138 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "there's this book..."

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  3. Unfortunately by Greyfox · · Score: 5, Funny

    They had to kill the rock to confirm its age.

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  4. Re:Obviously by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes but, Australia being upside down, the bottom is at ground level.

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  5. Did they finally date them? by dutchwhizzman · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm sure AC/DC will be delighted with their new title of oldest rock on the planet.

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