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How an Ancient Plant Became the World’s First Birth Control and Rome’s Love Potion. Then Went Extinct Because of It
This medicinal plant was so coveted, it was worth its weight in gold. But this ultimately brought its downfall.
Why we think Theia existed
The giant-impact hypothesis posits that billions of years ago a Mars-sized body named Theia collided with the early Earth.