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Oldest evidence of life on Earth found in Canadian rocks

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CBC (Canada)

Publication Date
2017-09-28

Rocks from northern Labrador have been found to contain the oldest known evidence of life on Earth. Graphite — a form of pure carbon — found in the 3.95-billion-year-old rocks shows the geochemical signature of having come from the decomposition of living organisms, researchers report in a new study published today in Nature.

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/oldest-earliest-life-labrador-1.2503953