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Published online 30 October 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news031027-6
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Seafloor vents spawn spat
Ancient springs are thousands of years old, not billions, say geologists.
A rock formation thought to be the relic of three-billion-year-old hot springs has been around for only a few thousand years, geologists are claiming1.
If they are right, our picture of the ancient Earth might have to be redrawn.
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