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History of Earth Timeline
Some important events in eath's history
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12th Grade
09/24/2013

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4.56 Billion years ago
Definition
Earth forms
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4.4 Billion years ago
Definition
Oldest mineral grain found
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4.1 Billion years ago
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Oldest piece of rock ever found
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3.9 Billion years ago
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Oldest evidence of a continent
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3.8 Billion years ago
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First evidence of life
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3.5 Billion years ago
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First fossils

(algae & bacteria)

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1.8 Billion years ago
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Free O2 in atmosphere
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1.1 Billion years ago
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First fossil of a complex organism

(a worm)

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540 Million years ago
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First abundant life found in the rock record
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460 Million years ago
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First fish
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440 Million years ago
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First land plants
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410 Million years ago
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First land animals
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250 Million years ago
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Largest mass extinction
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247 Million years ago
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First dinoasaurs
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240 Million years ago
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First mammals
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220 Million years ago
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Break-up of super continent,

Pangea begins

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145 Million years ago
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First flowering plants
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65 Million years ago
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Dinosaurs and other animals go extinct
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30 Million years ago
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Mammals/flowering plants become abundant
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5 Million years ago
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Beginning of Cascade
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1.8 Million years ago
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First primate in genus Homo
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40,000 years ago
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First homo sapiens
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13,000 years ago
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Humans first inhabit North America
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10,000 years ago
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End of last Ice Age
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8,000 years ago
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Founding of Jericho, the first known city
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2,000 years ago
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Roman domination of the World
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500 years ago
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Europeans rediscover the Americas
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~34 years ago
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Humans first explore the moon
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