inignoct wrote:
] ] The hellish climate of Venus may have arisen far more
] ] recently than previously supposed, suggests new research.
] ] If so, pleasant Earth-like conditions probably persisted
] ] for two billion years after the planet's birth - plenty
] ] of time for life to have developed.

Another point mentioned in the article: If this theory is correct, the habitable zone around stars is larger than previously estimated.

RE: Venus possibly habitable for billions of years - New Scientist