Global warming caused by evolution of Earth's first animals over 500m years ago, scientists claim

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Breaking down of organic material on sea floor led to more carbon dioxide and less oxygen in atmosphere

Four of Europe's leading universities have joined forces to uncover the source of global warming and found that it was first caused by the evolution of Earth's first animals more than 500 million y...

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