Earth’s Oldest Rocks Found in Canada

Scientists believe that our solar system was created some 4.57 billion years ago, and now they have discovered the oldest known rocks on Earth, dating to roughly 290 million years after the planet’s creation. Discovered on the eastern shore of Canada’s Hudson Bay in northern Quebec, the 4 square mile (10 square km) tract of pinkish bedrock may actually be a remnant of Earth’s primordial crust, formed as the planet cooled in the wake of the solar system’s creation. Scientists hope the rocks will help them learn about ocean formation on Earth, what temperatures were like at the time, and even about the origins of life on the planet.

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Earth’s Oldest Rocks Found in Canada