For decades, researchers have speculated that life may have originated on Earth near ocean vents. But this new discovery could dramatically rewrite the history of life on Earth.
According to a new study, researchers believe they have discovered the earliest fossils on Earth, tracing its roots back 3.75 billion years and possibly as far as 4.2 billion years, in rocks discovered in a remote location in northern Québec, Canada, reports Vice.
If the formations within those rocks are ...