Scientists believe a newly-discovered crater believed to be the oldest in the world reveals a number of clues to the early days of life on Earth. A team of researchers at Curtin University’s School of Earth and Planetary Sciences,

Led by Curtin University geologists Chris Kirkland and Tim Johnson, a research team unearthed this primeval crater beneath rock layers in the East Pilbara Terrane of Western Australia. The oldest Archaean crater before this discovery went back only 2.2 billion years.

The world's oldest known impact crater has been identified at a site in the Pilbara, which is a part of Western Australia... | Earth And The Environment

World’s oldest impact crater found, rewriting Earth’s ancient history. Researchers from Curtin University found the granddaddy of all craters in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, clocking in at 3.5 billion years old. This meteorite smash, marked by funky "shatter cones," was a… pic.twitter.com/gM8FtszD4a

Scientists published the discovery of a 3.5-billion-year-old meteorite impact crater, making it the oldest known by more than a billion years.

A Curtin University group has identified what may be Earth’s oldest meteorite strike in a remote part of Western Australia’s Pilbara region, near the North Pole Dome. Evidence in local rock indicates the collision happened around 3.