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During The "Boring Billion", Earth Was Weirdly Mountainless – Then It All Changed
One billion years ago, Earth was boring as hell. Animals were yet to evolve and most life was small, simple, and slimy. Even if you were to go sightseeing during this period, you’d be grossly ...
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Sunita Williams' Return To Earth: Health Treatments NASA Astronaut Will Be Given After Re-Entering Earth's Gravity
The NASA astronaut is finally set to re-enter Earth's gravitational forces after spending 9 months in the space. Read on to ...
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The ‘Boring Billion’: How Earth’s Longest Evolutionary Pause Shaped Life as We Know It
These questions are central to unraveling the complex story of life on Earth. The “Boring Billion”: A Pause in Evolution’s Clock The “Boring Billion” refers to a period between 1.45 and ...
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Mountain-Building Stalled for Nearly an Eon During Earth’s Most Boring Period
But there is one chapter in the history of Earth that is oddly void of these planetary shakeups, a time period that saw virtually no known changes to the planet or its denizens. Experts call it the ...