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Calendar of Evolution

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Jan1 (start Earth), July( O2), Nov 26 (start life), Dec 15-26- (dinosaur), Dec 31 59’18” (last glacier), Dec 31 59’46” ( Christ)

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What made up Pangia

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Laurasia and Gondwana

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what did Laurasia spilt into

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North America and Euroasia

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what did Gondwana split into and when

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South America, Africa, Australia, Antartica –90 million yrs ago

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when did Pangia spit

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200 million years ago

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when did Rodinia form and separate

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formed 1.2 billion yrs ago, fragmented 750 million yrs ago, then combined 250 million yrs ago to form Pangia

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types of plate tectonics

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  1. Ocean to ocean, 2. Ocean to continence( north and South America), 3. continent to continent ( Himalayan mt.), 4. transform boundary ( California)
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how fast are the tectonics plates moving

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1” per yr.

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when did water appear on earth

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? 4.4 billion yrs ago

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when did O2 start on earth

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? 2.5 billion yrs ago

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when did multicellular organisms start on earth

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1.2 billion yrs ago

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when did more complex organisms start on earth

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600 million yrs ago

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when were global snow ball on earth

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2.5 billion and 630 million yrs ago

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when were multiple species in ocean

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500 million yrs ago

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when was first extinction

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500 million yrs ago when Gondwana moves south - 85% extinction

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when did land plants form

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400 million yrs ago

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when did fish come onto land

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330 million yrs ago

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how does coal form

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when plants fall into water with low levels of O2- swampy areas– 300 million yrs ago

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when did reptiles form

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300 million yrs ago

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when did mammals form

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200 million yrs ago

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when was 2nd extinction

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250 million yrs ago– 95% extinction– caused by global warming with Siberian volcanoes and it took 10 million yrs for life to recover

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when were dinosaurs

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200- 60 million yrs ago

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when did North and South America separate from Pangia

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North America separated 150 million yrs ago and South America separated 80 million ydrs ago

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when did north and South America join

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35million yrs ago

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when was last glacier

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35,000- 12,000 yrs ago

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when and how was Himalayan mt. formed

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India crashed into Asia 50-20 million yrs ago

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when was first Homo Erectus

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2 million yrs ago

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when was first Homo sapiens

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300,000 yrs ago

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when was Neanderthal extinct

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40,000 yrs ago- started 450,000 to 125,000 yrs ago

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when did Homo sapiens leave Africa

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100,000 yrs ago

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when did language start

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50,000 yrs ago

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when did writing start

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3,000 yrs BC

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when did Homo sapiens come to North America

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15,000 yrs ago

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when did agriculture start

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15,000 yrs ago

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when did Egypt start

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3,000 BC

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when were pyramids

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2,500 BC

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when was Hammurai’s code of law

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1,700 BC

38
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when was Jews enslaved in Egypt

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1,500-1,200 BC

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when did first Cralons come together to for 1st continent Africa

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3 billion yrs ago

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New York was a mountain range how long ago

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300 million yrs ago– Sill part of Rodinia

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when and how where Alps formed

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Italy crashed into Euroasia 20-5 million yrs ago

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