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HerbaciousTea t1_j205ob8 wrote

Reply to comment by Chichachachi in Earth was brought to life by ancient water-rich asteroids from the outer Solar System by marketrent

The great oxidation event likely also triggered a massive planet wide extinction event, since oxygen is so reactive.

I think there's a pretty good argument that an oxidation event is one of the hard steps that could comprise the Great Filter.

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