Which method is most likely used to identify what happened before the start of the Paleozoic era?

The Paleozoic era began after the Precambrian, so evidence from Precambrian time can reveal what happened before the Paleozoic started. The other choices describe later parts of geologic history: the Jurassic is in the Mesozoic, and the Cenozoic came after it.

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