Evidence suggests that life on Earth emerged prior to 3.7 billion years ago.
Sources
- History of life (en.wikipedia.org)
- https://www.nature.com/articles/384055a0 (nature.com)
- https://www.uow.edu.au/media/2016/life-thrived-on-young-earth-scientists-discover-37-billion-year-old-fossils.php (uow.edu.au)
- https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2016/09/australian-researchers-discover-oldest-evidence-of-life-on-earth (unsw.edu.au)
- https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/oldest-evidence-for-early-life-on-earth-dated-to-at-least-377-billion-years/ (astrobiology.nasa.gov)
- https://naturalhistory.si.edu/education/teaching-resources/life-science/early-life-earth-animal-origins (naturalhistory.si.edu)
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