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But more suspect that plate tectonics emerged earlier, in the Archean eon, which ran from 4 billion to 2.5 billion years ago. The evidence is based largely on chemical analyses of rocks.

Space Exoplanet plate tectonics: A new frontier in the hunt for alien life Plate tectonics seems to be crucial for life on Earth, but we’ve never confirmed that it happens on other worlds - that ...

You can also learn more about plate tectonics from the U.S. Geological Survey's online text,"This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics.

Some 4.5 billion years ago, a Mars-sized object smashed into the nascent Earth, spinning off our moon. Now a team of scientists proposes this giant impact did even more: The collision left behind ...