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Enlarge / 2.7-billion-year-old basalt lava flows in the Pilbara Craton, now tilted about 45 degrees from horizontal. (credit: Jennifer Kasbohm ) Have tectonic plates changed speed over the last three billion years? The answer has far-reaching implications, as plate tectonics affected everything from the supply of vital nutrients for early life to the rise of oxygen.

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