Geologic Time

  • Period: to

    Precambrian Time

  • First crustal rocks form

    First crustal rocks form
  • Earths surface is cool enough for liquid water

    Earths surface is cool enough for liquid water
  • First known unicellular life appears

    First known unicellular life appears
  • Earths atmosphere starts to become oxygen rich

  • First known multicellar life appears

    First known multicellar life appears
  • First fungi appear

    First fungi appear
  • First shelled organisms, such as arthopods and mollusks, appear.

    First shelled organisms, such as arthopods and mollusks, appear.
  • Period: to

    Paleozoic Time

  • First possible vertabrates appear

    First possible vertabrates appear
  • Modern, oxygen-rich atmosphere has formed.

  • First land appears

    First land appears
  • First anthropods appear on land

    First anthropods appear on land
  • First amphibians appear

    First amphibians appear
  • First reptiles appear

    First reptiles appear
  • Formation of pangea is complete

    Formation of pangea is complete
  • Permian mass extinction results from major enviromental changes

  • Period: to

    Mesozoic Time

  • Pangea begins to break apart

  • First mammals appear

    First mammals appear
  • First primitive birds appear

  • First flowering plants (angiosperms) appear

    First flowering plants (angiosperms) appear
  • First modern birds appear

     First modern birds appear
  • The last dinosaurs become extinct. Catastarphic merteorite impct occurs.

  • Modern mammal famlilies, including whales, carnivores, hoofed animals, and primates have apeared.

    Modern mammal famlilies, including whales, carnivores, hoofed animals, and primates have apeared.
  • Period: to

    Cenozoic Time

  • First grasses appear

    First grasses appear
  • India collides with asai and antartica drifts over the south pole

  • First hominids (early human ancestors appear)

    First hominids (early human ancestors appear)
  • Modern ice age begins

  • Modern humans appear

    Modern humans appear