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Analysis of 4-billion-year-old zircon crystals from Western Australia provides evidence that Earth’s first continents formed and crustal recycling occurred much earlier than previously believed, challenging the "stagnant lid" model of the Hadean Eon.
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https://www.sflorg.com/2026/02/es02042601.html