-How long is the time span between the appearance of free atmospheric oxygen and evidence of complex (multicellular) forms? -How much time is there between complex forms and the Cambrian Explosion?

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-How long is the time span between the appearance of free atmospheric oxygen and evidence of complex (multicellular) forms?

-How much time is there between complex forms and the Cambrian Explosion?

Event #
Date in years before
Event
present
1
4.6 billion
Earth forms
2
3.8 billion
First evidence of life
First fossils (algae and bacteria)
Free oxygen increasing rapidly in atmosphere
Eukaryotic organisms evolve
First fossil of a complex organism (a worm)
Cambrian Explosion- First abundant life found in the rock record
First land plants
3
3.5 billion
4
2.7-2.4 billion
5
1.8 billion
1.2 billion
7
535 million
8.
9.
470 million
460 million
First fish
10
410 million
First land animals
11
251 million
Largest mass extinction occurs
12
247 million
First dinosaurs
13
200 million
First mammals
Breakup of super-continent Pangaea begins
First flowering plants
Dinosaurs and other animals go extinct
Mammals/flowering plants become abundant
First primate in genus Homo
First Homo sapiens
14
200-220 million
140 million
65 million
15
16
17
30 million
18
2.4 million
19
195,000
13,000
10,000
2,000
~500
20
Humans first inhabit North America
21
End of last Ice Age
22
Roman domination of the Old World
23
European rediscovery of the Americas
~37
Humans first explore the moon
24
Transcribed Image Text:Event # Date in years before Event present 1 4.6 billion Earth forms 2 3.8 billion First evidence of life First fossils (algae and bacteria) Free oxygen increasing rapidly in atmosphere Eukaryotic organisms evolve First fossil of a complex organism (a worm) Cambrian Explosion- First abundant life found in the rock record First land plants 3 3.5 billion 4 2.7-2.4 billion 5 1.8 billion 1.2 billion 7 535 million 8. 9. 470 million 460 million First fish 10 410 million First land animals 11 251 million Largest mass extinction occurs 12 247 million First dinosaurs 13 200 million First mammals Breakup of super-continent Pangaea begins First flowering plants Dinosaurs and other animals go extinct Mammals/flowering plants become abundant First primate in genus Homo First Homo sapiens 14 200-220 million 140 million 65 million 15 16 17 30 million 18 2.4 million 19 195,000 13,000 10,000 2,000 ~500 20 Humans first inhabit North America 21 End of last Ice Age 22 Roman domination of the Old World 23 European rediscovery of the Americas ~37 Humans first explore the moon 24
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