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3650 BCE
Earliest evidence of life
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2500 BCE
first photosynthetic/autotrophic bacteria appear
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2200 BCE
first great extinction, oxygen producing bacteria "posion" the enviroment, age of aerobic organisms begins
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1750 BCE
first eukaryotes appear
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650 BCE
multicellular life appears
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650 BCE
sexual reproduction begins
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550 BCE
"Cambrian Explosion"
huge diversity and complexity increase in a relatively short period of time -
505 BCE
marine invertebrates appear
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438 BCE
great extinction, fish appear
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408 BCE
land plants appear
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360 BCE
great extinction, amphibians appear
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286 BCE
reptiles appear
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245 BCE
great extinction, seed plants appear
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208 BCE
great extinction, mammals and dinosaurs appear
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144 BCE
primitive birds appear
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66 BCE
great extinction, dinosaurs disappear
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60 BCE
primates appear
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38 BCE
anthropoids appear
(day-- active primates) -
37 BCE
primitive horses appear
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2 BCE
historical date of jesus birth
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1 BCE
humans appear
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2
USA's declaration of independence