Oldest evidence of human habitation in Maine Maine underwent millions of years of geologic upheaval during that time, eroding all the rocks from that era - and their fossils. That’s because there’s a huge gap in Maine’s fossil record, between 360 million and 1 million years ago. Interestingly, though dinosaurs almost certainly did roam prehistoric Maine, no dinosaur fossils have ever been found in the state. Maine’s state fossil, a prehistoric plant called Pertica quadrifaria, is from the Devonian era, 390 million years ago, and was discovered in 1968 in the rocks of the Trout Valley Formation in Baxter State Park. The oldest ones date from the Cambrian era, around 500 million years ago. It’s hard to pinpoint what exactly is the oldest fossil in Maine, as there are countless tiny fossils found in ancient rocks all over the state - from brachiopod shells to the familiar trilobites. William Forbes, associate professor of geology at the University of Maine at Presque Isle, shows Ellen Mendonca a photograph of a rare fossil specimen, Credit: Clippings from the Bangor Daily News, hosted on. They were formed back when what is now Maine was squashed inside an ancient supercontinent, and when the only life on Earth were tiny microbes. More recent scientific study indicates that parts of the rocks may be as old as 1.8 billion years, making them potentially the oldest rocks in New England. The pegmatite there, an igneous rock that forms the bedrock on Seven Hundred Acre Island, was once believed to be around 543 million years old. What makes that island different from all the others is the presence of the oldest known rock formation in the state. Seven Hundred Acre Island, near Islesboro n Penobscot Bay, is not unlike many of the other small islands along the coastline in Maine - dotted with pine trees, soared over by sea birds and occupied by both wealthy summer residents and lobstermen. Here’s a list of some of the oldest things in Maine, from rocks that are more than a billion years old to businesses that have been in continuous operation for more than three centuries. We’re sure at least one of the people reading this has referred to themselves as a fossil, in traditionally sarcastic Maine humor.īut in this case, we’re talking about really old stuff - things that are far older than anybody currently living. Old buildings, old artifacts, old places and, yes, old people. Send your questions to are a lot of old things in Maine. Norman Towle.Hard Telling Not Knowing each week tries to answer your burning questions about why things are the way they are in Maine - specifically about Maine culture and history, both long ago and recent, large and small, important and silly. Warren, now in his 35th year at the helm of the BDN, is just the fifth publisher to own the paper in more than 100 years, all of them direct descendents of J. Today, the website boasts millions of page views per month, alongside a robust and growing digital subscriber base.Īmid all this change, one thing has stayed the same for all of the BDN’s 130 years: local, independent, family ownership, with reporters on the ground in towns and cities across Maine. In September 2017, the site underwent another major redesign, and two months later, the BDN launched paid digital subscriptions - 20 years after first went live. Also last year, the BDN launched Hello Homestead, a website for a national audience focused on sustainable living and growing your own food. In 2018, the BDN welcomed Bangor-based marketing firm Pulse into the company, while it closed its Presque Isle printing plant. John Valley Times in Madawaska and the 2016 acquisition of Fort Kent-based news website the Fiddlehead Focus. actually expanded with the 2014 purchase of Bangor Metro magazine, the 2015 acquisition of the St. Though several of its physical assets had been sold, in other ways, Bangor Publishing Co.
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