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Proterozoic (adj.)

1880, in geology, in reference to the period of the earliest fossil record of life on Earth, from protero- "former, earlier" + zoic "life." Now reckoned roughly as from 2,500 million years ago to 541 million years ago.

also from 1880
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updated on December 19, 2020

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