SMRTR Science & EngineeringDec 4, 2025Science Daily

3.3 billion-year-old crystals reveal a shockingly active early Earth

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Scientists analyzed 3.3-billion-year-old olivine crystals and found geochemical evidence that subduction and continental crust formation were already active during Earth's earliest era, challenging the long-held belief that early Earth had a rigid, unmoving outer shell for its first billion years.

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