A Stroll Through Fourteen Billion Years
Time Lines
Ice Age Timelines
Huronian 2.4 - 2.1 BYA
Cryogenian 850 -630 MYA
Andean - Saharan 460 - 420 MYA
Karoo 360 - 260 MYA
Quaternary Glaciation Period 2.58 MYA - on going
Timeline Leading To Homo Sapiens
85 MYA Primates diverge from other mammals
65 MYA Last common ancestor of all primates
7 - 6.2 MYA Sahelanthropus tchadensis earliest hominin ancestor
7 - 6 MYA Last common ancestor with chimpanzees
6.1 - 5.7 MYA Hominin genus Orrorin
5.6 - 4.4 MYA Hominin genus Ardipithecus
4.18 - 2 MYA Hominin genus Australopithecus
3.5 - 3.2 MYA Hominin genus Kenyanthropus
2.6 - 1.1 MYA Hominin genus Paranthropus
2.4 - 1.4 MYA Homo Habilis
2 - 1.3 MYA Homo ergaster
1.9 - 0.6 MYA Homo goutengensis
1.9 - 200,00 YA Homo erectus
1.8 MYA Homo georgicus
1.2 MYA - 800,000 YA Homo antecessor
600,000 - 400,000 YA Homo heidelbergensis
600,000 - 25,000 YA Homo neanderthalenis
200,000 YA Homo sapiens
94,000 - 13,000 YA Homo floresiensis
Chronology
BYA
13.8 Big Bang
13.6 First Stars
13.5 First Stars Explode As Supernovae
13.45 Re-ionization Of The Universe Begins
13.4 First Galaxies Begin To Form
9.0 Vast Clusters Of Galaxies Form
6.0 Expansion Of The Universe Begins To Accelerate
4.6 Our Solar System Begins To Form
4.56 Our Sun Becomes A Ball Of Fire
4.54 The Planet Earth Begins To Form
4.53 Formation Of Our Moon
4.4 First Oceans On Earth
4.1 First Traces Of Possible Life
4.0 Earth Settles Into Layers
3.8 Continents On Earth Begin To Form
2.4 Oxygen Fills The Air
MYA
936 Origin Of Algae And Plants
530 First Land Animals
380 First Trees And Forests
220 First Mammals And Dinosaurs
85 Primates Diverged From Other Mammals
65 End Of Ruling Reptiles
8.0 Hominins Appear
2.6 Stone Age Technology Develops
2.5 Genus Homo Appears
2 First Migration Out Of Savanna Areas Of Africa
1.8 Beginning Of The Anthropocene Era
YA
900,000 Second Migration Out Of African Savanna Areas
500,000 Neanderthals Originated in Europe
280,000 Earliest Form Of Art
285,000 First Use of Red Ochre As A Pigment
200,000 Homo Sapiens Appear
150,000 Homo Sapiens Left Africa Into Asia Then Europe
135,000 First Use Of Symbols
110,000 Last Glacial Period (Ice Age) Begins
55,000 Homo sapiens Crossed into New Guinea, Australia
41,000 Earliest Painted Cave Art
18,000 Earliest Pottery
18,000 Homo sapiens Entered North, Central And South America
12,000 Last Glacial Period (Ice Age) Ends
BCE
8000 Agriculture Emerges
6000 First Cities Form
4000 Writing Develops
3800 Beginning Of The Bronze Age
1200 Beginning Of The Iron Age
