The earliest fossil evidence of life on Earth has been found in rocks 3.7 billion years old in Greenland, raising chances of life on Mars aeons ago when both planets were similarly desolate, scientists said on Wednesday. Researchers Allen Nutman (left) and Vickie Bennet (right) hold a specimen of 3.7 billion-year-old stromatolites from Isua, Greenland. In this photo provided by Laure Gauthiez, taken in July 2012, a field team examine rocks in Greenland. In a newly melted part of Greenland, scientists have found what they think is the oldest fossil on Earth, a remnant of life from 3.7 billion years ago. Still, Van Kranendonk told Reuters that dried-out biological material could sometimes survive such a baking, adding he was "absolutely convinced" by the Greenland fossils.

Source: CBC News August 31, 2016 18:22 UTC