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    The Paleoarchean (/ˌpeɪlioʊ.ɑːrˈkiːən, ˌpæl-/ PAY-lee-oh-ar-KEE-ən, PAL-), also spelled Palaeoarchaean (formerly known as the early Archean), is a geologic...
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    million years, from the end of the Hadean Eon 4031 Mya to the start of the Paleoarchean Era 3600 Mya. The beginnings of life on Earth have been dated to this...
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  • ago, and the Eoarchean, starting 4 billion years ago, and part of the Paleoarchean era, starting 3.6 billion years ago, of the Archean eon. This period...
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    Archean Eon (2.5–4 Ga) Neoarchean (2.5–2.8 Ga) Mesoarchean (2.8–3.2 Ga) Paleoarchean (3.2–3.6 Ga) Eoarchean (3.6–4 Ga) Hadean Eon (4–4.6 Ga)   ka = kiloannum...
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    Archean Eon (2.5–4 Ga) Neoarchean (2.5–2.8 Ga) Mesoarchean (2.8–3.2 Ga) Paleoarchean (3.2–3.6 Ga) Eoarchean (3.6–4 Ga) Hadean Eon (4–4.6 Ga)   ka = kiloannum...
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    chronostratigraphic erathem. There are ten defined eras: the Eoarchean, Paleoarchean, Mesoarchean, Neoarchean, Paleoproterozoic, Mesoproterozoic, Neoproterozoic...
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  • Precambrian Hadean (or hadaeozoic) Archean (or archaeozoic) Eoarchean Paleoarchean Mesoarchean Neoarchean Proterozoic Paleoproterozoic Siderian Rhyacian...
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    (one of the earliest forms of life on Earth) have been dated to the Paleoarchean era approximately 3.5 billion years ago. Marble Bar has been described...
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  • Kaapval craton begins: old tonaltic gneisses laid down c. 3,600 Ma – Paleoarchean Era starts. Possible assembly of the Vaalbara supercontinent; oldest...
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    collection of paleontology amount to tens of thousands. They date from the Paleoarchean to the Eocene. The invertebrates room was named Saint-Simon in honor...
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    Archean Eon (2.5–4 Ga) Neoarchean (2.5–2.8 Ga) Mesoarchean (2.8–3.2 Ga) Paleoarchean (3.2–3.6 Ga) Eoarchean (3.6–4 Ga) Hadean Eon (4–4.6 Ga)   ka = kiloannum...
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    Archaea Temporal range: 3420–0 Ma Pha. Proterozoic Archean Had. Paleoarchean – present Scientific classification Domain: Archaea Woese, Kandler & Wheelis...
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  • Archean Eon (2.5–4 Ga) Neoarchean (2.5–2.8 Ga) Mesoarchean (2.8–3.2 Ga) Paleoarchean (3.2–3.6 Ga) Eoarchean (3.6–4 Ga) Hadean Eon (4–4.6 Ga)   ka = kiloannum...
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    as well as the seafloor magnetic anomalies. Paleomagnetic studies of Paleoarchean lava in Australia and conglomerate in South Africa have concluded that...
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    form of photosynthesis that evolved on Earth, going back as far as the Paleoarchean, preceding that of cyanobacteria (see Purple Earth hypothesis). While...
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  • Earth, estimated to have lived some 3.5 to 3.8 billion years ago (in the Paleoarchean). The project of a complete description of the phylogenetic relationships...
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    estimated to be between 3.2 and 3.6 billion years (Ga) old, dating from the Paleoarchean. The mountain range's extreme age and exceptional preservation have yielded...
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    Archean Eon (2.5–4 Ga) Neoarchean (2.5–2.8 Ga) Mesoarchean (2.8–3.2 Ga) Paleoarchean (3.2–3.6 Ga) Eoarchean (3.6–4 Ga) Hadean Eon (4–4.6 Ga)   ka = kiloannum...
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    Archean Eon (2.5–4 Ga) Neoarchean (2.5–2.8 Ga) Mesoarchean (2.8–3.2 Ga) Paleoarchean (3.2–3.6 Ga) Eoarchean (3.6–4 Ga) Hadean Eon (4–4.6 Ga)   ka = kiloannum...
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    Archean Eon (2.5–4 Ga) Neoarchean (2.5–2.8 Ga) Mesoarchean (2.8–3.2 Ga) Paleoarchean (3.2–3.6 Ga) Eoarchean (3.6–4 Ga) Hadean Eon (4–4.6 Ga)   ka = kiloannum...
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    Archean Eon (2.5–4 Ga) Neoarchean (2.5–2.8 Ga) Mesoarchean (2.8–3.2 Ga) Paleoarchean (3.2–3.6 Ga) Eoarchean (3.6–4 Ga) Hadean Eon (4–4.6 Ga)   ka = kiloannum...
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  • Archean Eon (2.5–4 Ga) Neoarchean (2.5–2.8 Ga) Mesoarchean (2.8–3.2 Ga) Paleoarchean (3.2–3.6 Ga) Eoarchean (3.6–4 Ga) Hadean Eon (4–4.6 Ga)   ka = kiloannum...
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    Archean Eon (2.5–4 Ga) Neoarchean (2.5–2.8 Ga) Mesoarchean (2.8–3.2 Ga) Paleoarchean (3.2–3.6 Ga) Eoarchean (3.6–4 Ga) Hadean Eon (4–4.6 Ga)   ka = kiloannum...
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    estimates of the LUCA's age ranged from 3.5 to 3.8 billion years ago in the Paleoarchean, a few hundred million years before the earliest fossil evidence of life...
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    Harald; Schäfer, Nadine; Reitner, Joachim (2016-01-25). "A Rare Glimpse of Paleoarchean Life: Geobiology of an Exceptionally Preserved Microbial Mat Facies from...
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    Archean Eon (2.5–4 Ga) Neoarchean (2.5–2.8 Ga) Mesoarchean (2.8–3.2 Ga) Paleoarchean (3.2–3.6 Ga) Eoarchean (3.6–4 Ga) Hadean Eon (4–4.6 Ga)   ka = kiloannum...
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    −3050 — – −3000 — – −2950 — – −2900 — – −2850 — – −2800 — – A r c h e a n Paleoarchean Mesoarchean Neoarchean   Events of the Mesoarchean. Axis scale: millions...
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