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Scientists May Have Found the Earliest Evidence of Life On Earth (sciencemag.org)
sciencehabit writes with news that UCLA scientists have found evidence that life likely existed on Earth at least 4.1 billion years ago, 300 million years earlier than previously thought. Science reports: "When did life on Earth begin? Scientists have dug down through the geologic record, and the deeper they look, the more it seems that biology appeared early in our planet's 4.5-billion-year history. So far, geologists have uncovered possible traces of life as far back as 3.8 billion years. Now, a controversial new study presents potential evidence that life arose 300 million years before that, during the mysterious period following Earth's formation. The clues lie hidden in microscopic flecks of graphite—a carbon mineral—trapped inside a single large crystal of zircon. Zircons grow in magmas, often incorporating other minerals into their crystal structures of silicon, oxygen, and zirconium. And although they barely span the width of a human hair, zircons are nearly indestructible. They can outlast the rocks in which they initially formed, enduring multiple cycles of erosion and deposition."
Here. It's right here.
First god said "Moooo" and there was moo. Then he made plants, and humans. Then on the last day he made the cows, and he saw that it was good.
Of course we don't see vote fraud - Dems squelch all attempts to even look for it.
But hey, precincts can have 99.9% turnout with 99.9% voting Dem. No fraud there. No sir.
Scientists May Have Found the Earliest Evidence of Life On Earth
After the discovery, the scientist removed his glasses and said "My god, the earliest life on earth was COWS!"
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Let's not even include a link to it!
I didn't RTFA.
God created the earth in 7 days or some shit. 300 million years earlier is still some way to go. Horray for science. w00t. Now link in the evidence so I'm wrong or the bible is more relevant than this article.
link to article
Didn't we come from Adam & Eve and their children, Cain and Able?
Political correctness is really just herd psychology pushed by insecure people who desperately seek social conformity.
Haven't found any scientific article yet but here is the news page from UCLA:
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/relea...
In short, they found graphite in a crystal and the graphite has a carbon 12 to carbon 13 ratio which indicates biological origin.
So, the current status is "plausible" but if someone comes up with another explanation it is "busted".
Note that 4.1 Ga is right in the middle of the Hadean period, when the Earth was still settling into layers and the crust and oceans were just forming. No distinct core or mantle yet, and the moon was a ring of rock encircling the Earth. This is half a million years before plate tectonics, before even prokaryota (micros without cell nuclei) developed.
These clues might just tell _how_ cellular reproduction and upwards energy gradients (i.e. life) began, not just _when_.
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what passes for science, on Slashdot these days? A single celled organism or RNA strand preserved would be proof of life, not graphite imbedded in a rock. It's just click-bait.
Using "mysterious" in a scientific publication. Ever.
Ken Ham is curling up in a ball chanting "6000 years, 6000 years, 6000 years!"
I'm not saying it was aliens, but...
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Ok aside from the fact that it took me a few minutes to figure out where the article link was (I nearly posted some critique on the editor for not including it), how do you think this is going to work Dice? I mean it's one thing to turn Slashdot into a typical trashy blog, but even they follow conventions of inline links.
What happens when you suddenly include multiple articles or multiple sources in your posts? Who gets to go in the title, the one who paid the most?
I can't believe how hard to use this site is these days.
The Bible does not explicitly state that God created any women other than Eve. It does say "them" in a few places, without giving a number, but that could easily refer to "Adam and Eve," and this is the most natural conclusion since those are the only two people the Bible explicitly lists as having been created.
While any reasonable person might infer that God created people in addition to Adam and Eve, any reasonable person might also realize that there is no good reason to take any of the text literally. Every word was put to paper by human hands, and humans are known to be fallible. The claim to infallibility is also made by humans, which are still themselves fallible. Human fallibility taints the entire Bible, and forces any reasonable person to regard the whole thing as ancient myth.
why is there no life on moon ?
Maybe God just dropped his pencil and the top broke off.
Still it's the traditional poorly referenced third party article instead of the actual source article but what else do you expect?
A lot of Slashdot's readership don't subscribe to numerous paywalled scientific journals, nor are they willing to pay $30 for a single article. Therefore, those who do take the time to read the featured article often have to rely on pop-science distillations.