BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Team finds Earth’s ‘oldest rocks’
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Team finds Earth’s ‘oldest rocks’
Earth’s most ancient rocks, with an age of 4.28 billion years, have been found on the shore of Hudson Bay, Canada.
Writing in Science journal, a team reports finding that a sample of Nuvvuagittuq greenstone is 250 million years older than any rocks known.
It may even hold evidence of activity by ancient life forms.



