Humans are fascinated by our planet’s distant past. Since human recorded history only goes back a few thousand years, we probe Earth’s “memory” in various ways to uncover its secrets. One of these methods is to hunt for traces from the past, also known as “proxies,” which help scientists understand what Earth was like long ago.
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Source: Phys.org