Photo: Oldest Rocks on Earth Discovered?

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Ancient rocks in the Nuvvuagittuq region of Hudson Bay, Canada (above), may be the oldest rocks known on Earth, scientists said in September 2008.

The rocks are part of a chunk of planetary crust that possibly formed not long after the solar system was born nearly five billion years ago.

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