| | Scientists have found traces of bacteria living more than 3.7 billion years ago, an age that would make them - if confirmed - the oldest-known fossils and bolster the idea that life got off to a running start on Earth, and perhaps elsewhere. The bacteria lived near hydrothermal vents, cracks in the seafloor that gush hot, mineral-laden water into the open ocean, say the scientists who identified the fossils in a study in this week's "Nature" journal. Verification of the finding could make ocean vents on other planets in the solar system a key target in the search for extraterrestrial life.
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