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Living organisms may have existed on Earth as long as 4.1bn years ago – 300m years earlier than was previously thought, new research has shown.
If confirmed, the discovery means life emerged a remarkably short time after the Earth was formed from a primordial disc of dust and gas surrounding the sun 4.6bn years ago.
Researchers discovered the evidence in specks of graphite trapped within immensely old zircon crystals from Jack Hills, Western Australia.
Atoms in the graphite, a crystalline form of carbon, bore the hallmark of biological origin. They were enriched with 12C, a "light" carbon isotope, or atomic strain, normally associated with living things.
It suggests that a terrestrial biosphere had emerged on Earth as early as 4.1bn years ago, said the scientists writing in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Friday October 23 2015, @10:42PM
...and if you actually knew *anything* at all about the bible, you would know that the original hebrew translation for what is *day*, was *eon*, which is significantly longer than a day.
Don't buy it. Still doesn't explain how Earth and the plants got in before the Sun did.
...you would also be aware that the bible (old testament) refers to itself as an allegory.
Not true and not important. Most allegories don't refer to themselves as such.
keep pretending to be an authority though, 'cos haters will always hate...
I have never claimed to be an authority on the Bible. But I can look up verse just fine. Funny how the people with the faults accuse others of having those faults. What's that saying on motes and beams again?
My view on this is that it was quite clear that the original poster didn't bring this up to talk about the allegory. Here's the original quote:
when are we going to admit that "science" is a lot of guess work and we really know so little. The bible tells us that life began very shortly after the creation of the earth.
You might as well bring up the creation story from the Silmarrillon. It's just as relevant and just as allegorical.