Earth
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How Volcanic Iron Delayed Life on Earth
If it weren't for iron and fire, we could be a much older species that we are now. Researchers from the Universities of Tübingen and Alberta claim that the heavy metals spewed from subsea volcanoes in Earth's adolescence poisoned early life on earth, delaying a boom in oxygen and life for a half-a-billion years.
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