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Archean
adj. used of the earliest known rocks
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original, primitive, aboriginal, primal, primeval, primaeval, primordial
adj. having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life"
advance, in advance, beforehand, beforetime
adj. situated ahead or going before; "an advance party"; "at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies"
Archeozoic, Archaeozoic
adj. formed in the earlier of two divisions of the Precambrian era; "archeozoic life forms"
azoic
adj. before the appearance of life; "azoic rocks contain not organic remains"
earlyish
adj. being somewhat early; "at an earlyish hour"
matutinal
adj. pertaining to or occurring in the morning; "took his matutinal walk"
premature, untimely
adj. uncommonly early or before the expected time; "illness led to his premature death"; "alcohol brought him to an untimely end"
previous
adj. too soon or too hasty; "our condemnation of him was a bit previous"; "a premature judgment"
Proterozoic
adj. formed in the later of two divisions of the Precambrian era; "proterozoic life forms"
proto
adj. indicating the first or earliest or original; "`proto' is a combining form in a word like `protolanguage' that refers to the hypothetical ancestor of another language or group of languages"
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Archaean
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