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A team of geologists led by Dr. Aris Thorne recently analyzed mineral samples from the Jack Hills region in Australia and found evidence of zircon crystals that formed 4.4 billion years ago. The team's analysis indicates that liquid water must have existed on Earth's surface much earlier than previously thought, ____ the traditional model of a dry, molten early Earth.
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- Completely disproving
- Providing support for
- Narrowly defining
- Calling into question
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