Scientists agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest? New research suggests they are.

NEW YORK — Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada . The ...

If the new age of these Canadian rocks is solid, they would be the first and only ones known to have survived Earth’s earliest, tumultuous time.

Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a ...