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What is the warmest Earth has ever been?
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What is the warmest it has ever got on Earth, when, and where?
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About 4.5 billion years ago the Earth was entirely molten, that's the hottest the Earth has been.
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The warmest it has ever been on Earth was probably when it was still molten - during the stage where the densest elements sank to form the core and the least dense elements floated up to become the crust and atmosphere.
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