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Originally the earth had only a small amount of oxygen and abundant carbon dioxide. Primordial green algae first evolved to take advantage of this carbon dioxide and produced the oxygen as a by product. Over billions and billions of years, and as additional plant species evolved, the atmosphere was transformed into the oxygen rich environment we have today.

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