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0 pointsvkou7y ago0 comments

There are many reasons to doubt that the '240 million year old bacteria' were actually 240 million years old.

https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/18/6/1143/1046940

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dredmorbius7y ago

True, though even without those, we're well past 42,000 years.

vkouOP7y ago

It's not noise, it's contamination with modern bacteria.

dredmorbius7y ago

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/268/5213/1060

Amber. 42mya.

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