New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we associate with modern continents. This means the telltale fingerprints of ...

Scientists have long thought that tectonic plates needed to dive beneath each other to create the chemical fingerprint we see ...

Research results showed Earth’s earliest crust – known as the protocrust – that formed during the Hadean eon, would have a chemical composition identical to that of the modern average ...

Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, challenging beliefs ...