<ul><li>Scientists have discovered a 3.5 billion-year-old meteor crater in Western Australia.</li><li>The North Pole Dome Site is believed to be the oldest crater in the world and provides important clues about Earth's early history.</li><li>The study of 'shatter cones' within the crater suggests a major meteorite impact occurred, indicating that large impacts were common in the early solar system.</li><li>The discovery of more ancient craters like this could potentially shed light on how life on Earth began.</li></ul>

What a 3.5 billion-year-old meteor crater tells us about the Earth

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