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The History of Earth

  • 1 CE

    Earth is Formed

    Earth is Formed
    4600 million years ago
    Gravity slowly gathered this gas and dust together into clumps that became asteroids and small early planets.
  • 2

    1st multicellular life

    1st multicellular life
    3,500 million years ago, more complex forms of life took longer to evolve.
  • 3

    Oxygen enters atmosphere

    Oxygen enters atmosphere
    2,450 million years ago, oxygen was becoming a significant component of earths atmosphere.
  • 4

    1st Eukaryotes

    1st Eukaryotes
    2,100 million years ago, some of the earliest known single called eukaryotes fossils are acritatchs.
  • 5

    1st Homo sapiens

    1st Homo sapiens
    1,800 million years ago, the first Homo sapiens were on earth.
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    1st forms of life

    1st forms of life
    1,300 million years ago, earths initial life forms were bacteria, which could survive in the highly toxic atmosphere that existed during this time.
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    Pangea Formed

    Pangea Formed
    270 million years ago, all the continents were together.
  • Pangea begins to break up

    Pangea begins to break up
    200 million years ago, Pangea begins to break apart.
  • 5 Major Mass Extinctions

    5 Major Mass Extinctions
    -Ordovician
    -Late Devonian
    -Permian Mass
    -Triassic
    -Cretaceous