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A time table for Earth's early history, showing the major eons (Hadean, Archean, Proterozoic and Phanerozoic), an estimate of atmospheric oxygen history constructed from geochemical proxy data [1–3] and key environmental (above) and biological (below) events discussed in the text. Oxygen partial pressure in per cent of PAL. (Online version in colour.)
