The earliest evolution of our planet is difficult to reconstruct. Ancient rocks in Western Australia show an isotopic signature that links their formation with 4.3-billion-year-old crust.
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Mojzsis, S. Leftover lithosphere. Nature Geosci 3, 148–149 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo809
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