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The History of the Earth Timeline
Some Impotant Events in Earth's History
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12th Grade
09/24/2013

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4.56 Billion Years ago
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Earth forms
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4.4 Billion Years ago
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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 oxygen in the 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 dinosaurs
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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 Pangaea begins
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145 Million Years
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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 the 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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European rediscovery of the Americas
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~34 Years ago
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Humans first explore the moon
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