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1 Imagine one second equalling 1 million years of the earth’s history
What would it look like? Earth history

2 Earth begins 4.6 billion years ago Earth history

3 First single-celled life
3.8 billion years ago Earth history

4 First large fossils 3.2 billion years ago Earth history

5 Many life forms appear 500 million years ago Earth history

6 First land plants 470 million years ago Earth history

7 First plants with roots
416 million years ago Earth history

8 Coal starts to form 350 million years ago Earth history

9 Winged insects 310 million years ago Earth history

10 Beetles appear 270 million years ago Earth history

11 First dinosaurs 230 million years ago Earth history

12 First mammals 200 million years ago Earth history

13 First birds 150 million years ago Earth history

14 First flowers 140 million years ago Earth history

15 Tyrannosaurus rex appears
90 million years ago Earth history

16 Extinction of the dinosaurs
65 million years ago Earth history

17 Himalayas start to form
50 million years ago Earth history

18 First apes- 20 million years ago

19 First apes- 20 million years ago
First hominids- 6 million years ago

20 First apes- 20 million years ago
First hominids- 6 million years ago The ice ages begin- 2.4 million years ago

21 First apes- 20 million years ago
First hominids- 6 million years ago The ice ages begin- 2.4 million years ago End of last ice age-million years ago 10,000

22 First apes- 20 million years ago
First hominids- 6 million years ago The ice ages begin- 2.4 million years ago End of last ice age-million years ago 10,000 TODAY

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