Did life begin on land rather than in the sea? A paradigm-shifting hypothesis could reshape our idea about the origin of life

[rangerrebew]

Did life begin on land rather than in the sea?
A paradigm-shifting hypothesis could reshape our idea about the origin of life

Date:
    July 18, 2017
Source:
    University of California - Santa Cruz
Summary:
    A new discovery pushes back the time for the emergence of microbial life on land by 580 million years and also bolsters a paradigm-shifting hypothesis that life began, not in the sea, but on land.
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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/07/170718142900.htm

[rangerrebew]

I thought this was "settled science" just like global warming.  The heresy!!  People who suggest life began on land and question the "settled science" should be put in prison just like the global warming deniers.

[driftdiver]

Don't they know that science isn't to be questioned.

[Sanguine]

I thought this was "settled science" just like global warming.  The heresy!!  People who suggest life began on land and question the "settled science" should be put in prison just like the global warming deniers.

Yes, well we know that "settled science" is an oxymoron.