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When did Life on Earth begin?

Traces of possible life have been found in the oldest crystals known on Earth

Traces of possible life have been found in the oldest crystals known on Earth – 4.4 billion-year-old zircon crystals from Western Australia – that may change our timeline of life on Earth.
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