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Searching for carbon, the key component for life, researchers found pure carbon in one of the 79 zircons that contained graphite.

Life Likely Existed On Earth 300 Million Years Earlier Than Previously Thought, Researchers Say

MessageToEagle.com | October 19, 2015

MessageToEagle.com – Living organisms likely existed on Earth at least 4.1 billion years ago – 300 million years earlier than previous thought, according to a new study published