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What is the Archaean eon?

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10y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

The Archaean eon was a geological eon spanning from around 3800 to 2500 million years ago, comprising the Eoarchean, Paleoarchean, Mesoarchean and Neoarchean eras - a period in which the first continents and oceans sprang up.

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