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Is it true that the precambrian is the largest eon?

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Yes, the Precambrian is the largest geological time because it contains 3 eons: Hadean (4,600 - 4,000 MYA), Archean (4,000 - 2,500 MYA) and the Proterozoic (2,500 - 541 MYA). The 3 eons contain eras and many geological periods.

MYA is short for million years ago.

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yes

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"The Precambrian is the largest span of time in Earth's history before the current Phanerozoic Eon (the largest division of geologic time, comprising two or more eras) and is a supereon divided into several eons of the geologic time scale."

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