In the beginning, there were paws.
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Okay, that's sorta misleading. The paws were there before everything started, actually, but that's not really all too useful for your understanding, as it's kinda like saying "they were also bigger than size," which, while ALSO true, sorta just sounds like nonsense to a four-dimensional being!

Here we have the Protoerozoic supercontinent of Rodinia overlooking a Hadean proto planet. Both Earths, billions of years apart, sandwiched between two cosmic toes, keeping them both safely in place as they await life in their later years.

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