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On the Moon as it was on Earth

Does the Moon's surface contain an archive of the early history of Earth? According to an intriguing idea, based on recently published analyses of lunar soils, it might do — and the proposal can be tested.

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Figure 1: Fieldwork on the Moon.

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Marty, B. On the Moon as it was on Earth. Nature 436, 631–632 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/436631a

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