Neoarchean
| Neoarchean Eon 2800–2500 million years ago | |
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The Neoarchean (/ˌniː.oʊ.ɑːrˈkiː.ən/; also spelled Neoarchaean) is a geologic era within the Archaean.
The Neoarchean spans the period of time from 2,800 to 2,500 million years ago—the period being defined chronometrically and not referenced to a specific level in a rock section on Earth.
Complex life
Oxygenic photosynthesis first evolved in this era and was accountable for the oxygen catastrophe which was to happen later in the Paleoproterozoic from a poisonous buildup of oxygen in the atmosphere, produced by these oxygen producing photoautotrophs, which evolved earlier in the Neoarchean.
Continental formation
The supercontinent Kenorland formed during this period, about 2,700 million years ago.
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