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How did the original reducing atmosphere of primitive earth change ?

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Photoautotrophs evolved from heterotrophs by developing chlorophyll through mutation. They released $O_{2}$ which oxidised atmospheric $N H_{3}$ and $N H_{4}$ that disappeared. This made the atmosphere an oxidising one.

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