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How did the appearance of photosynthetic organisms affect the evolution of life on earth?

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Photosynthetic cyanobacteria reengineered the planet. Photosynthesis led to two more singularities - plants and animals appeared. Atmospheric oxygen resulted from a change to a microbe's metabolism that evolved once, at a specific time in the earth's history

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