# 51: The Latest News on the Oldest Life

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Podcast: [Bedrock: Earth's Earliest History](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bedrock-earth-s-earliest-history-4890111)
Published: 2025-12-17T10:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://bedrock.captivate.fm/episode/51-the-latest-news-on-the-oldest-life
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## Resource

This episode, we focus on just one special boulder from the Greenland tundra, a rock that might have Earth's oldest fossils. Over the past 10 years, scientists from around the world have used the latest technology to reveal this rock's secrets, including research published this year. What have they found? Extra Credit: Make a time capsule or play a record. Patreon for monthly donations One-off donations

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