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Oldest Fossils Found
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Oldest Fossils Found
3.4 billion years ago. Certain to send fundies scrambling for their fucking bibles.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/22/scienc...TE&ei=5043

Quote:A team of Australian and British geologists have discovered fossilized, single-cell organisms that are 3.4 billion years old and that the scientists say are the oldest known fossils on earth.

Their assertion, if sustained, confirms the view that life evolved on earth surprisingly soon after the Late Heavy Bombardment, a reign of destruction in which waves of asteroids slammed into the primitive planet, heating the surface to molten rock and boiling the oceans into an incandescent mist. The bombardment, which ended around 3.85 billion years ago, would have sterilized the earth’s surface of any incipient life.
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RE: Oldest Fossils Found
Be nice to know the size of these fossils and how they compare to the micro fossils from the Martian meteorite. One of the problems with the material found in the Martian meteorite is its size. It is considerably smaller than anything found on Earth. It would be nice if these are in the same size range.
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RE: Oldest Fossils Found
Why would they be the same size?
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RE: Oldest Fossils Found
Not necessarily the same size. Just a lot smaller than the previous oldest Earth fossils. If Earth fossils are found in the same size range as the ones from the Martian meteorite, it would lead weight to the argument that the Martian samples are fossils.
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RE: Oldest Fossils Found
Every time something like this pops up, I usually print it off and slap my creationist friend in the face with it... I think he might have gotten the point now though.
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They never get the point.
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RE: Oldest Fossils Found
That is true my friend...that is true
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RE: Oldest Fossils Found
(August 21, 2011 at 9:09 pm)Minimalist Wrote: 3.4 billion years ago. Certain to send fundies scrambling for their fucking bibles.

You know how it is Min. It's either: "Their methods of dating fossils is biased and inaccurate." ... or ... that time tested classic: "God put that here to test us."

Or my new favorite: "God created the world with age, just like he created Adam and Eve with age, thus the fossils could very well be millions of years old."

lol - those fuckers have figured out an excuse for any occasion.
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RE: Oldest Fossils Found
Ex Nihilo. lol. Well, I suppose someone had to reconcile why Adam had a navel in the first place.
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RE: Oldest Fossils Found
(August 22, 2011 at 1:44 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Ex Nihilo. lol. Well, I suppose someone had to reconcile why Adam had a navel in the first place.


How did god get Jesus's Y chromosome past Mary's hymen?

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