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  2. List of time periods - Wikipedia

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    Geologic TimePeriod prior to humans. 4.6 billion to 3 million years ago. (See "prehistoric periods" for more detail into this.) (See "prehistoric periods" for more detail into this.) Primatomorphid EraPeriod prior to the existence of Primatomorpha

  3. Yarmouthian (stage) - Wikipedia

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    Elsewhere in North America, as in Illinois, the Yarmouth Soil also has developed over a variable number of multiple glacial - interglacial cycles. [4] [8] Thus, the presumption that the Yarmouth Soil, by which the Yarmouthian (Yarmouth) Interglacial was later defined, represents a single interglacial stage or period has been completely discredited.

  4. List of historical fiction by time period - Wikipedia

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    This list of historical fiction is designed to provide examples of notable works of historical fiction (in literature, film, comics, etc.) organized by time period.. For a more exhaustive list of historical novels by period, see Category:Historical novels by setting, which lists relevant Wikipedia categories; see also the larger List of historical novels, which is organized by country, as well ...

  5. Geologic time scale - Wikipedia

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    This work assessed the geologic history of the currently defined eons and eras of the pre-Cambrian, [note 2] and the proposals in the "Geological Time Scale" books 2004, [74] 2012, [5] and 2020. [75] Their recommend revisions [4] of the pre-Cryogenian geologic time scale were (changes from the current scale [v2023/09] are italicised):

  6. Annals of the Former World - Wikipedia

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    The book presents a geological history of North America, and was researched and written over the course of two decades beginning in 1978. It consists of a compilation of five books, the first four of which were previously published as Basin and Range (1981), In Suspect Terrain (1983), Rising from the Plains (1986), and Assembling California ...

  7. Geological history of Earth - Wikipedia

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    Geologic time shown in a diagram called a geological clock, showing the relative lengths of the eons of Earth's history and noting major events The geological history of Earth follows the major geological events in Earth's past based on the geologic time scale , a system of chronological measurement based on the study of the planet's rock ...

  8. Historical geology - Wikipedia

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    Geologic Time Spiral. Historical geology or palaeogeology is a discipline that uses the principles and methods of geology to reconstruct the geological history of Earth. [1] Historical geology examines the vastness of geologic time, measured in billions of years, and investigates changes in the Earth, gradual and sudden, over this deep time.

  9. Illinoian (stage) - Wikipedia

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    It precedes the Sangamonian Stage (corresponding to the global Last Interglacial) and follows the Pre-Illinoian Stage in North America. The Illinoian Stage is defined as the period of geologic time during which the glacial tills and outwash, which comprise the bulk of the Glasford Formation, accumulated to create the Illinoian Glacial Lobe. [1]