Earth

Timeline of the Earth

By Kerriep7

  • Formation of Earth

    Formation of Earth
    the Earth formed 4.6 billion years ago.

  • The Formation of Rock

    The Formation of Rock
    Formation of rock happened arround 4 billion years ago.

  • First Bacterium-Like Fossils

    First Bacterium-Like Fossils
    The first bacterium-like fossils were found about 3.5 billion years ago in West Australia and South Africa

  • First Animal Fossil

    First Animal Fossil
    First animal fossil found 600 million years ago

  • Paleozoic Era

    Paleozoic Era
    Paleozoic era, beginning with an explosion of the diversity of life, with most animal phyla appearing withing the first few million years of the era, and ending with a mass extinction of many species, about 248 million years ago (-543 million to -248 million years ago)

  • First Plant Fossils

    First Plant Fossils
    -430 million years ago

  • First Amphibians

    First Amphibians
    -360 million years ago

  • First Reptiles

    First Reptiles
    -300 million years ago

  • Mesozoic Era

    Mesozoic Era
    Mesozoic era, encompassing the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods, and beginning with the mass extinction marking the end of the Paleozoic era

  • First Birds

    First Birds
    -150 million years ago

  • Ceozoic Era

    Ceozoic Era
    Cenozoic era, beginning with the mass extinction of most dinosaurs, and leading to the diversity of flowering plants, insects, mammals and birds that we see today (-65 million to present)

  • Mass Extinction of Dinosaurs

    Mass Extinction of Dinosaurs
    Massive extinction of dinosaurs (some birds survive)

  • First Member of Homo Genus Appears

    First Member of Homo Genus Appears
    -2.5 million years ago

  • Fire Invented

    Fire Invented
    500000 B.C.E

  • Modern Looking Human Beings

    Modern Looking Human Beings
    Modern human beings now the only human species remaining on the planet (30000 B.C.E)