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8000 BCE
Expansion
14 Billion Years Ago, the universe underwent an expansion, faster than the speed of light. Almost doubling in size of the matter of second. the expansion of the earth's tectonic plates continues today -
7500 BCE
Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs lived between 245 and 66 million years ago, during the Mesozoic Era. Before the first humans/ homo sapiens. Scientists divide the Mesozoic Era into three periods: the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous. -
7000 BCE
Autotrophs
2 million years ago, A primary producer that creates organic compounds using carbon. Gaining energy from light or inorganic chemical reactions. They do not need a living source of carbon and are producers in the food chain. -
6800 BCE
Pangaea
Pangaea was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras. About 335 million years ago, and it began to break apart about 175 million years ago into the continents we know today -
6000 BCE
Neanderthals
An extinct species of Humans who lived in Eurasia until about 400,000 years ago. They went extinct due to competition with neighboring peoples, disease, and the ice age. -
5000 BCE
Bipeds
An animal/ being that uses two legs for walking. The evolution of walking upright -
3000 BCE
Australopithecus
Australopithecus is a genus of hominins that existed in Africa from around 4.2 to 1.9 million years ago and from which modern humans, are considered descended. -
3000 BCE
Astronomy
A natural science that studies celestial objects and phenomena (space and the universe). It uses math, physics, and chemistry in order to explain origins and evolution... The origins of Western astronomy can be found in Mesopotamia -
2550 BCE
Pyramids
Ancient pyramid-shaped structures in Egypt. Dating back 4,000 years, almost 104 still stand today -
René Descartes
A French Philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. "I think, therefore I am", introduced skepticism as an essential part of the scientific method -
Albert Einstein
A German theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, a pillar of modern physics... which revolutionized our understanding of space, time, gravity, and the universe. "Imagination is more important than knowledge"