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Reimagining How Plants Began to Take Over the Planet
A series of studies takes a new look at the evolution of early land plants.
In the history of Earth, one of the most crucial developments, in the billions of years of the planet’s existence, was when plants evolved to colonize the land. So much followed from this one big move: rising levels of oxygen, layers of rich soil coating the ground, new habitats for animals to explore and make home.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/plant-evolution
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