Three and a half billion years fossils!

MidGe · #1 08-07-2007, 07:26 AM

Just in! Fossils of bacteria estimated at three and a half billion years old have been found in Australia!

NotReady · #2 08-07-2007, 10:01 AM

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Just in! Fossils of bacteria estimated at three and a half billion years old have been found in Australia!

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Amazing the way they popped up like that in only 400,000 years. You might almost think it was a miracle.

bocablkr · #3 08-07-2007, 10:09 AM

Isn't that old news - (2004)?

I just saw that fact mentioned in an article about "New Fossils Support Deep-Sea Origin-of-Life Theory"

Phil153 · #4 08-07-2007, 10:23 AM

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Amazing the way they popped up like that in only 400,000 years.

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Eh?

Midge, do you have a link? A quick google search revealed nothing.

bocablkr · #5 08-07-2007, 10:41 AM

Phil,

Thought he might be referring to this -
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...amicrobes.html
or this - http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,292076,00.html

Cut and paste the entire last link.

Bill Haywood · #6 08-07-2007, 11:41 AM

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Amazing the way they popped up like that in only 400,000 years. You might almost think it was a miracle.

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Are you conceding the earth is 4 billion years old, or playing word games?

btmagnetw · #7 08-07-2007, 12:07 PM

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Amazing the way they popped up like that in only 400,000 years. You might almost think it was a miracle.

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Are you conceding the earth is 4 billion years old, or playing word games?

[/ QUOTE ]he's validating the greatness of god by showing that despite being humanity's savior, he doesn't neglect the creation of randomly placed bacteria. every life is precious.

Metric · #8 08-07-2007, 01:18 PM

Almost as old as the sun. No wonder intelligent life is rare.

MidGe · #9 08-08-2007, 02:00 AM

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Amazing the way they popped up like that in only 400,000 years.

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Eh?

Midge, do you have a link? A quick google search revealed nothing.

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...07/1998906.htm

Ohgod · #10 08-08-2007, 05:39 AM

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Amazing the way they popped up like that in only 400,000 years.

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Eh?

Midge, do you have a link? A quick google search revealed nothing.

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...07/1998906.htm

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Alternatively, 4 GYA - 3.5 GYA != 400 000 years