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Until plants formed there wouldn't have been enough oxygen. We need oxygen - even though there's only about one part of it in five parts of air. Plants take in carbon dioxide and give off oxygen.

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Q: Why couldn't you have survived in the atmosphere of early earth?
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Is the earth's atmosphere always the same?

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