There is a general agreement that life must have evolved in the oceans originally and only much later invaded land. What factors of the physical environment on the early and evolving Earth support these ideas?

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There is a general agreement that life must have evolved in the oceans originally and only much later invaded land. What factors of the physical environment on the early and evolving Earth support these ideas?

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Elijah Pope · Answer 1

Answer: Factor of Evolution

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The evolutionary history of life on Earth traces the processes by which living and fossil organisms evolved, from the earliest emergence of life to the present. Earth formed about 4.5 billion years (Ga) ago and evidence suggests life emerged prior to 3.7 GA. (Although there is some evidence of life as early as 4.1 to 4.28 Ga, it remains controversial due to the possible non-biological formation of the purported fossils. The similarities among all known present-day species indicate that they have diverged through the process of evolution from a common ancestor.