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  In the beginning God created the word
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  And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
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  And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
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  God divided the light from the darkness.
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  And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
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  “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.”
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  “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.”
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  “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.”
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  The first life developed in ancient oceans some 3.6 billion years ago
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  the key was a lack of oxygen and nutrient elements
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  Human Ancestor 'Lucy' Walked Upright 3.2 Million Years Ago
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  Human ancestors walked comfortably upright 3.6 million years ago
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  The first life developed in ancient oceans some 3.6 billion years ago, but then nothing much happened
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  3.6 billion years ago, there was no oxygen in the atmosphere
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  Volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, oceans, continents, the climate and even life on Earth – all have been influenced by movements in the Earth’s crust.
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  geological developments that have given the Earth its current appearance, with oceans, continents, mountains and deep valleys – started 3.2 billion years ago, new research shows.
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  The first major evolutionary change in the human diet was the incorporation of meat and marrow from large animals, which occurred by at least 2.6 million years ago.
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  An Oxford University study has concluded that our ancient ancestors who lived in East Africa between 2.4 million
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  Homo erectus
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  Newly discovered water trapped more than a mile below ground in Canada could be billions of years old
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  and could hold clues both to Earth’s past climate and possible habitats for life on Mars
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  Nature has found pockets of subterranean water that could be as old as 2.64 billion years.
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  2.6 billion years ago water found under Canada
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  collaborated with other researchers on analyzing water found in a Canadian mine in Timmins, Ontario.
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  Invention of the wheel, writing
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  Sahara desert starts forming in northern Africa.
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  The first cities.
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  End of the most recent glacial period: the Wisconsin glaciation.
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  Invention of the printing press.
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  Fossil fuel revolution: coal, trains.
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  Invention of the telephone.
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  Invention of the computer.