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quester [9]
3 years ago
10

What four major divisions make up the history of life on earth in the geologic time scale

Biology
1 answer:
Umnica [9.8K]3 years ago
5 0

Precambrian time, the Paleozoic era, the Mesozoic era, and the Cenozoic era
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