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3.8 billion years agoThe spark of life animates molecules for the first time |
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3.5 billionThe first cells form in water, somewhere |
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2.4 billionPhotosynthesising bacteria start coughing oxygen into the atmsophere |
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2 billionThe first complex cells are “born” ²¹²Ô»å… |
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1.5 billion…divide into three groups: the ancestors of plants, animals and fungi |
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650 million years agoTiny jellyfish are the first complex animals. Some say sponges came first, but recent genetic evidence suggests not |
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575mWeird animals called Ediacarans appear and persist for about 33 million years |
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565mFossilised trails suggest some animals are moving under… |
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