Does the Moon's surface contain an archive of the early history of Earth? According to an intriguing idea, based on recently published analyses of lunar soils, it might do — and the proposal can be tested.
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Marty, B. On the Moon as it was on Earth. Nature 436, 631–632 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/436631a
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