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Sapiens Scientia · The History of the Universe
10⁻⁴³ s
inflation
1 second
3 minutes
380,000 yr
first stars
today
time
The thread of life
Bacteria · Archaea
Plants · Fungi
Insects · Molluscs
Sharks
Amphibians
Reptiles · Dinosaurs · Birds
Other mammals
Monkeys
Gorillas · Chimpanzees
Other Homo species
First life
3.8 billion years ago
The complex cell
2.1 billion years ago
First animals
800 million years ago
Backbones
540 Mya · the Cambrian
Jawed fish
425 million years ago
Onto land
375 Mya · first walkers
Eggs on dry land
320 million years ago
First mammals
210 million years ago
Primates
66 Mya · after the dinosaurs
Apes
20 million years ago
Upright walkers
6 Mya · the first hominins
Homo sapiens
300,000 years ago · you
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