recall that life was dominated for over
half its extent by PROKARYOTES
>2 BILLION YEARS
development of oxygenic photosynthesis
about 2.8 billion y.a.
radically changed the earth's atmosphere
triggered massive extinctions of some lineages
and proliferations of others.
thus altering the composition of the biota;
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