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Earth and Space Science
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12th Grade
09/24/2013
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4.56 Billion
 Definition
Earth Forms
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4.4 Billion
 Definition
Oldest mineral grain found
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4.1 Billion
 Definition
Oldest piece of rock ever found
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3.9 Billion
 Definition
Oldest evidence of a continent
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3.8 Billion
 Definition
First evidence of life
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3.5 Billion
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First fossils (algae & bacteria)
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1.8 Billion
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Free O2 in atmosphere
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1.1 Billion
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First fossil of a complex organism (a worm)
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540 Million
 Definition
First abundant life found in the rock record
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460 Million
 Definition
First fish
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440 Million
 Definition
First land plant
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410 Million
 Definition
First land animals
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250 Million
 Definition
Largest mass extinction
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247 Million
 Definition
First dinosaurs
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240 Million
 Definition
First mammals
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220 Million
 Definition
Break-up of super continent Pangaea begins
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145 Million
 Definition
First flowering plants
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65 Million
 Definition
Dinosaurs and other animals go extinct
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30 Million
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Mammals/ flowering plants become abundant
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5 Million
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Beginninf of cascade
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1.8 Million
 Definition
First primate in genus homo
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40,000
 Definition
First homo sapiens
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13,000
 Definition
Humans first inhabit north america
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10,000
 Definition
End of last ice age
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8,000
 Definition
Founding if Jerico, the first known city
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2,000
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Roman domination of the world
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500
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European rediscovery of the americas
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~34
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Humans first explore the moon
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