The algae that terraformed Earth: A planetary takeover by ocean-dwelling algae 650 million years ago was the kick that transformed life on Earth, on the basis of invisibly small traces of biomolecules dug up from beneath the Australian desert, report geochemists in the journal Nature.

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The algae that terraformed Earth: A planetary takeover by ocean-dwelling algae 650 million years ago was the kick that transformed life on Earth, on the basis of invisibly small traces of biomolecules dug up from beneath the Australian desert, report geochemists in the journal Nature.