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life
, intercalation ,
earth billion
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: 4.55 years
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life appeared at 3.5
bya
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life has since been in state of fluctuation with climate change +
cataclysmic events
shaping life course
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geological timescale
in calculated from fossils
definition calendar of events Earth 's history of
surrounding rock
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age
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a
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subdivides time since formation of earth →
descending units of time : eons >
eras >
periods
shows how various species have
emerged developed at various times
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www.f-yfnrg time
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Earth 's history divided into eons →
divided into zt eras →
divided into a- periods
units geochrono logical units
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timescale units
geological shows names of all geochrono logical
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displays time
chronologically from bottom up
HADEAN - ARCHEAN - PROTEROZOIC EONS
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4600 570
MY9
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hadean first prokaryotes evolve
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→
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archean →
first unicellular organisms + First eukaryotes evolve
proterozoic first invertebrates multicellular organisms
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photosynthesis releases 02
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PHANEROZOIC EON
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period 1570-515
mya) Cambrian Explosion major diversification
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Cambrian → =
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modern animal appear
phyla
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marine invertebrates proliferate + trilobites dominant
algae fungi evolve
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,
+
sponges
Ordovician period 1515-435 mya ) photosynthetic terrestrial plants
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→
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plants produce spores for reproduction
terrestrial fungi jawless fish
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Silurian period 1435 -400
mya) terrestrial arthropods vascular plants
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jawed fish + ammonites in sea
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Devonian period 1400-345 mya ) →
first amphibians ,
insects + ferns
Carboniferous 1345-280 mya ) Firsts reptiles
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→
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Permian period 1280-250 mya ) →
land masses unite to form Pangea
→
first gymnosperms
→
extinction in trilobites + other marine mammals
Mesozoic era
period 1250-190 mya ) dinosaurs dominant
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Triassic →
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first mammals ,
crocodiles t
bony fish
Jurassic period 1190-140 mya ) breaks up into God wana Laurasia
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Pangea
→
t
→ first lizards t evolve
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mammals common but small
period 1140-65 mya) up of
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Cretaceous →
break Gondwana
→ extinction of dinosaurs ammonites ( 65 )
,
mya
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monotremes ,
marsupials + placental mammals evolve
menagerie era
first
Tertiary period 165
mya ) early hominis
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→
first
grasses
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major evolution t dispersal of modern Angiosperms
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Quaternary 12 humans evolve t spread
mya
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modern mammals evolve
extinction of mammals
large
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very
coumarin explosion ,
majority of Earth 's bit lifespan evolution produced little than bacteria plankton multi celled algae
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more ,
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life forms of
Cambrian period origin of all
early ancestors modern animal
groups
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→ t
in of 30mi !
changes happened range stages took
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5-10
yrs
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some yrs
examples lifeforms found in fossils dated back to Paleozoic including all modern animal phyla except chordates
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of era .
of
major body plan established particularly with development eukaryotes
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types
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re a s o n s for it
that began provided fuel for evolution of complex body
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increase in 02 700 movement structures
mya +
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extinction opened ecological role / adaptive
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space
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external , ecological factors important for creating opportunity for explosion