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What was the very first plant in the world?

  • Written by Erin Potter, Lecturer in Geography and Ph.D. student in Earth Sciences, Binghamton University, State University of New York
What was the very first plant in the world?Once plants really got a foothold, they transformed our planet.Albert Fertl/Moment via Getty Images

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