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In this work, we provide a tentative insight on how the solar radiation could have influenced the emergence and evolution of early photosynthetic life on Earth. An extrapolation is made for the case of other potentially habitable planets.
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Martín, O., Peñate, L., Cárdenas, R., Horvath, J.E. (2012). The Photobiological Regime in the Very Early Earth and the Emergence of Life. In: Seckbach, J. (eds) Genesis - In The Beginning. Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, vol 22. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2941-4_8
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