• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Irish America

Irish America

Irish America

  • HOME
  • WHO WE ARE
    • ABOUT US
    • IRISH AMERICA TEAM
  • IN THIS ISSUE
  • HALL OF FAME
  • THE LISTS
    • BUSINESS 100
    • HALL OF FAME
    • HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES 50
    • WALL STREET 50
  • LIBRARY
  • TRAVEL
  • EVENTS

Evolution

Trinity Geologists Rewrite
Earth’s Evolutionary History

By Irish America Staff
December / January 2015

December 11, 2014 by Leave a Comment

Geologists from Trinity College Dublin have rewritten evolutionary history by finding that oxygen-producing life forms were present on Earth some three billion years ago – 60 million years earlier than previously thought. Working with colleagues from the Presidency University in Kolkata, India, the geologists found evidence for chemical weathering of rocks leading to soil … [Read more...] about Trinity Geologists Rewrite
Earth’s Evolutionary History

Primary Sidebar

Featured Video

Featured Podcast

News from the Irish Post

  • Images released of man wanted in connection with alleged sexual assault in Irish bar in Sheffield

    POLICE in South Yorkshire have released CCTV images of a man they want to speak to in connection ...

  • The decline of the rural Irish village shop

    THE story of Ireland’s rural shop is one of community and connection but also, increasingly, of d...

  • 'I'm a servant of the people': Michael Healy-Rae resigns from government over response to fuel crisis

    Kerry TD Michael Healy-Rae has resigned from his role as a Minister of State over the government'...

  • Woman dies two weeks after alleged assault in Co. Carlow

    A WOMAN has died two weeks after an alleged assault in Co. Carlow, while a man arrested in connec...

April 15, 1974

On this day in 1974, Neil Cusack of Co. Limerick was the first Irishman to with the Boston Marathon. The first Boston Marathon took place in 1897, and was won by Irish-American athlete John McDermott with a time of 2:55:10. Cusack’s record-setting victory was a significant improvement, with a time of 2:13:39. He went on to compete in the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, Canada, where he placed 55th, and won the Dublin Marathon in 1981 with a time of 2:13:58.

Footer

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Subscribe

  • Subscribe
  • Give a Gift
  • Newsletter

Additional

  • Advertise
  • Contact
  • Terms of Use & Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2026 · IrishAmerica Child Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in