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Earlier life just discovered

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RudyGarmisch
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11001132

Apparently, animal life existed 70 million years earlier than previously thought. Crazy.

Also, this is a part of Australia I totally want to go see during my life.
Aug 18 2010 5:35PM
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.frenchy
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Those are weird fossils
Aug 18 2010 5:36PM
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bluecup
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reminds me of some transformers shit... were fucked
Aug 18 2010 5:36PM
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Jaggy_Snake
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The beeb. Always bringing interesting news to all over the world.
Aug 18 2010 5:39PM
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dex.
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spongebob fossilpants?
Aug 18 2010 5:46PM
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Arabian.
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The world is 6000 years old. What is this, I don't even.....
Aug 18 2010 5:52PM
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I_Am_Mod
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meh, stromatolites, even tough they're created by cyanobacteria are the oldest indications of earlier life forms, the oldest date back to around 3 billion years ago ...
Aug 18 2010 6:30PM
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Yung_Gnarley
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Aug 18 2010 6:35PM
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Balzberg
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damn, thats old
Aug 18 2010 6:36PM
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1337
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i see what you did here...
Aug 18 2010 6:43PM
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theabortionator
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Those fossils were put there by god to test your faith. Don't give in so easily!
Aug 18 2010 6:46PM
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Yung_Gnarley
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The loardah isa makin sure we arre faithful followers of chriast!!! The Loardah comethah!
Aug 18 2010 6:49PM
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Shadows
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so they found bacterial fossils of sponges. way to go guys haha. validates the work of a lifetime.
Aug 18 2010 6:50PM
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theabortionator
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Aug 18 2010 8:15PM
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omIV
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So you're telling me that those petrol-sniffing abos are heirs to the birthplace of life?
Aug 18 2010 8:49PM
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apcaipse
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inb4 multipager
Aug 18 2010 8:58PM
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MAPLE_SYRUP
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i found those fossils in my backyard
 /claim
Aug 18 2010 9:13PM
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bitchezluv=]
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threads for when i have time to reads
Aug 18 2010 9:15PM
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