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The Origin of Life
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The Origin of Life

Cyanobacteria from Mono Lake, CA
Cyanobacteria, otherwise known as "blue-green algae," has strong ties to the beginnings of life on this planet. Fossils remaining from the bacteria have been estimated to be more than 3.5 billion years old! Many scientists believe that the oxygen-rich atmosphere that we rely on today for survival was actually generated by this bacteria during the Archaean and Proterozoic eras.

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