Study Suggests Earth Could Have Supported Continental Crust, Life Earlier Than Thought (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

University of Chicago

Study Suggests Earth Could Have Supported Continental Crust, Life Earlier Than Thought (1 of 2)

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Scientists used the CHILI detector, an exquisitely sensitive instrument at the University of Chicago, to study ancient rocks that suggest an earlier date for the formation of the continental crust.

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Thomas Stephan

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