The oldest vestiges of continental crust, which date from the Archaean aeon about 4 billion years ago, are in Acasta in north-west Canada.
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Archaean
/ɑːˈkiːən/
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archaeal genearchaeal metabolism
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archaean eonarchaean era
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17 entriesage old expressionantique termarchaean cellarchaean crustarchaean fossilarchaean lipidarchaean organismarchaean ribosomearchaean rockarchaean sedimentarchaic termearly Archaeanhalophilelate Archaeanmethanogenold phrase
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9 entriesArchaean crustArchaean eonArchaean fossilsArchaean rocksarchaean cellarchaean fossilarchaean metabolismearly Archaeanlate Archaean
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