Greenland may be home to Earth’s oldest fossils
Science News, August 2016A melting snow patch in Greenland has revealed what could be the oldest fossilized evidence of life on Earth. The 3.7-billion-year-old structures may help scientists retrace the rise of the first organisms relatively soon after Earth’s formation around 4.5 billion years ago, the discoverers report online August 31 in Nature.
Adapted for Science News for Students.