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The Origin of Photosynthesis Revealed

Terra Daily
Thursday, 23 February 2012

The Origin of Photosynthesis RevealedNew Brunswick NJ (SPX) Feb 23, 2012

Atmospheric oxygen really took off on our planet about 2.4 billion years ago during the Great Oxygenation Event. At this key juncture of our planet's evolution, species had either to learn to cope with this poison that was produced by photosynthesizing cyanobacteria or they went extinct. It now seems strange to think that the gas that sustains much of modern life had such a distasteful beginning


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