Life took hold on land 300 million years earlier than thought
Monday, November 7, 2016 - 10:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Life took hold on land at least as early as 3.2 billion years ago, suggests a study by scientists from Berlin, Potsdam and Jena (Germany). The team led by Sami Nabhan of the Freie Universität Berlin studied ancient rock formations from South Africa's Barberton greenstone belt.