Category: Deep Time
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250 years ago, scientists begin to calculate the Age of the Earth. Humans try to understand how old the Earth is through empirical observations.
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3000 years ago, Classical Religions emerge. Hinduism, Confucianism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam.
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11000 years ago, Agriculture is invented. Humans begin to shape the environment.
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100 thousand years ago, Modern Humans emerge. Language, shamanic and goddess religions, and art become integral with human life.
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4 million years ago, Hominids leave the forest, stand up, and walk on two legs.
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Over the course of the next 60 million years Earth greets rodents, whales, monkeys, horses, cats and dogs,
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65 million years ago – Shortly after primates appear on the scene, the Cretaceous period ends with the 6th mass extinction after an asteroid 6 miles in diameter hits the Yucatan peninsula
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114 million years ago, Flowers evolve gorgeous and overt sexual organs, making themselves irresistible to insects by way of colours, perfumes, and delightful nectars.
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150 million years ago. Birds emerge, a direct descendant of the dinosaur as leg bones evolve into wing bones, jawbones into beaks and scales into feathers.
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225 million years ago, the first mammals, small and nocturnal, jump, climb, swing, and swim through a world of giants.