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Organic chemistry on the young earth

Evolutionary trends between ∼3,800 m.y. and ∼2,300 m.y. ago

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Nagy, B. Organic chemistry on the young earth. Naturwissenschaften 63, 499–505 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00596845

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