The Boring Billion? A geologist explains!

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What was the boring billion? Who decided it was so boring? Was it even real? Geologist Dr Brooke Johnson gives a quick guide to the (allegedly) dullest period in Earth's history.

Garcia et al Carbon isotopes through time https://www.nature.com/articles/s4139...
Javaux & Knoll 1.4 Billion year old eukaryotes https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/jpal...
Johnson et al 1.4 billion year old ironstones https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/...
Miao et al 1.63 billion year old eukaryotes https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1...
Zhu et al 1.56 billion year old macro algae https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomm...
Riedman et al 1.7 Billion year old microfossil https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/f...
Rogers and Santosh Map of Nuna https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...


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