Is earth's present atmosphere similar to or different from its first atmosphere?

Early earth would of been a lot different because of the Primordial heat, collision and compression during accretion, decay of short lived radioactive elements 

Humans have survived and thrived in mexico city by using technology to create greater access to land. when the spanish conquered the aztec capital, tenochtitlan, in the 16th century, they built mexico city by draining the lakes and filling in the lake water to create more arable land for agriculture. this technique of land reclamation has continued to be fundamental to human civilization in mexico city.