Friday, September 26, 2008

Oldest Rocks Found

No, this is this is not a John McCain joke:

Earth's most ancient rocks, with an age of 4.28 billion years, have been found on the shore of Hudson Bay, Canada.
Writing in Science journal, a team reports finding that a sample of Nuvvuagittuq greenstone is 250 million years older than any rocks known.
It may even hold evidence of activity by ancient life forms. [...]

"The rocks contain a very special chemical signature - one that can only be found in rocks which are very, very old," he said.


Photos of the area.


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2 comments:

Bpaul said...

My Canukistani uncle sent me this article, gloating "we have the oooldest nah nah nah" LOL!

LT said...

How funny. I'd gloat, too, though, I have to admit.