Carnavon, how old do you think the Earth is? Can you amuse us and explain how molecular biology and palaentology, among other sciences, conclude the following:
Simple cells (prokaryotes) appeared 3.6 billion years ago;
cyanobacteria performing photosynthesis appeared 3.4 billion years ago;
2 billion years ago--complex cells (eukaryotes) appeared;
1 billion years ago--multicellular life;
600 million years--simple animals;
550 million years--bilaterians, animals with a front and a back;
500 million years--fish and proto-amphibians;
475 million years--land plants;
400 million years--insects and seeds;
360 million years--amphibians;
300 million years--reptiles;
200 million years--mammals;
150 million years--birds;
130 million years--flowers;
60 million years--the primates;
20 million years--the family Hominidae (great apes);
2.5 million years--the genus Homo (human predecessors);
200,000 years--anatomically modern humans.
Simple cells (prokaryotes) appeared 3.6 billion years ago;
cyanobacteria performing photosynthesis appeared 3.4 billion years ago;
2 billion years ago--complex cells (eukaryotes) appeared;
1 billion years ago--multicellular life;
600 million years--simple animals;
550 million years--bilaterians, animals with a front and a back;
500 million years--fish and proto-amphibians;
475 million years--land plants;
400 million years--insects and seeds;
360 million years--amphibians;
300 million years--reptiles;
200 million years--mammals;
150 million years--birds;
130 million years--flowers;
60 million years--the primates;
20 million years--the family Hominidae (great apes);
2.5 million years--the genus Homo (human predecessors);
200,000 years--anatomically modern humans.
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