August 22, 2011 7:29:57 PM PDT
Rick Perry is sure about a lot of things. But the theory of evolution, or even how old the planet Earth is, are not on that list.
A woman who will probably not be supporting the Texas governor brought her young son along to a campaign event in New Hampshire on Thursday, and had the boy ask Perry his views about science. "How old do you think the earth is?" the boy asked. This was an apparent allusion to how fundamentalist Christians often insist that Earth -- and indeed, the whole universe -- is about 6,000 years old.
"How old do I think the earth is? You know what, I don't have any idea," Perry responded. "I know it's pretty old. So it goes back a long, long ways. I'm not sure -- I'm not sure anybody actually knows completely and absolutely hold the earth is.
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Life On Mars? Earth's Oldest Fossil Could Point To Life On The Red Planet
A team of scientists believe they have uncovered the fossilized remains of the earliest life on earth.
Fossilized, single-celled organisms were discovered in Australia, and are thought to be 3.4 billion years old.
Some believe that the organisms could have also lived on Mars, as at the time when they lived there was very little oxygen on earth, and Mars was known to have had both the water and sulphur necessary to sustain the life forms.
