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ArticleNature2025

Dating the evolution of oxygenic photosynthesis using La-Ce geochronology.

Laureline A Patry, Pierre Bonnand, Maud Boyet, Munira Afroz, Dylan T Wilmeth, Brittany Ramsay, Philippe Nonnotte, Martin Homann, Pierre Sansjofre, Philip W Fralick and 1 more

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Revisiting the greatness of Earth's great oxidation.Communications earth & environment · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Laureline A PatryLaboratoire Geo-Ocean, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, CNRS, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Plouzané, France.
Pierre BonnandLaboratoire Geo-Ocean, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, CNRS, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Plouzané, France. pierre.bonnand@univ-brest.fr.ORCID 0000-0003-3315-2679
Maud BoyetLaboratoire Magmas et Volcans, CNRS, Université Clermont Auvergne, Aubière, France.ORCID 0000-0002-8945-2470
Munira AfrozLaboratoire Geo-Ocean, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, CNRS, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Plouzané, France.
Dylan T WilmethLaboratoire Geo-Ocean, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, CNRS, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Plouzané, France.
Brittany RamsayDepartment of Geology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Philippe NonnotteLaboratoire Geo-Ocean, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, CNRS, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Plouzané, France.
Martin HomannDepartment of Earth Sciences, University College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5886-0677
Pierre SansjofreMuséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie, Paris, France.
Philip W FralickDepartment of Geology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Stefan V LalondeLaboratoire Geo-Ocean, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, CNRS, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Plouzané, France. stefan.lalonde@univ-brest.fr.ORCID 0000-0003-1318-2280

Funding

European Research Council
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is ongoing debate as to when oxygenic photosynthesis evolved on Earth

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Biological EvolutionOxygenPhotosynthesisRadiometric DatingArchaeaCanadaCarbonatesEarth, PlanetGeologic SedimentsHistory, AncientOxidation-ReductionSeawaterCarbonatesOxygen

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