Life took hold on land 300 million years earlier than thought
Monday, November 7, 2016 - 11:01
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. These rocks are some of the oldest known on […]