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Despite a possibly thin atmosphere on early Earth, researchers found evidence of single-celled photosynthetic life on the shore of a large lake, as seen in this 2.7-billion-year-old stromatolite ...

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Early Earth's atmosphere may have been half as thick as it is today, new research suggests. Even so, the planet likely supported life, the scientists said.