Big Bang Theory

Expansion

200,000 BCE

The universe we live in is expanding. We can see through astronomy and astrology, as we see see groups of galaxies slowly moving apart. This expansion began about fourteen billion years ago, when the Big Bang occurred, but was not discovered until 1925.

Autotrophs

200,000 BCE

An autotroph is an organism that developed before mammals and survives through synthesizing its own food from inorganic substances using lighter chemical energy.. Years after the Big Bang, autotrophs evolved into heterotrophs.

Dinosaurs

200,000 BCE

A dinosaur is a reptile of the Mesozoic era, and reach incredible size. Dinosaurs were discovered and recreated through fossils.

Australopithecus

100,000 BCE

Australopithecus, or "Southern Ape," is a genus of hominins that existed in Africa millions of years ago. These southern apes are from which the genus Homo, including modern human, is considered to be descended.

Astronomy

99,000 BCE

Since the beginning of the twentieth century, astrology became considered a pseudo-science, so astronomy became its own Astronomy studies celestial objects and phenomena. This is around when the first solar lunar calendars were created.

Bipeds

40,000 BCE

A biped is an animal that uses two legs for walking. This was essential in evolution because freeing up hands allows us to carry objects and people, and allowed our ancestors to see over tall grasses.

Neanderthals

39,980 BCE

Around this time, Neanderthals began to develop tools to advance technology. One tool. called a Lissoir, was a polishing stone to smooth hides, making them tougher.

Pyramids

2550 BCE

Pyramids were built for religious purposes. They are an architectural icon and still stand to this day.

Pangaea

1912

Pangaea is the theory that there was a super continent that existed three hundred to two hundred million years ago, and slowly broke off to the continents we have today. About one-hundred years ago,Alfred Wegener tried to prove this.