The origins of life on Earth have long fascinated scientists ... that life could not survive the Late Heavy Bombardment, a ...

While this provides some evidence that at least one part of the continental interior was covered in ice during the snowball Earth period, that doesn't necessarily apply to all areas of all continents.

So where did all the rock that belongs in between these time periods go? Using multiple lines of evidence, an international team of geoscientists reckons that the thief was Snowball Earth ...