Category: Deep Time

235 million years ago sees the end of the Permian period when the 4th and greatest mass extinction of life on Earth takes place.

335 Million years ago, the first subtropical forests evolve. Over generations, these forests load themselves with carbon extracted from the atmosphere which later becomes fossilized as coal and oil

395 million years ago – The first amphibian animals hop and lumber onto land, trading in their gill slits for air-breathing lungs, transforming fins into stubby legs and continuing to return to the water to lay their eggs.

460 million years ago – Leaving the water, animals such as worms and mollusks and crustaceans seek the adventure of weather and gravity

600 million years ago, light sensitive eyespots evolve into eyesight. The Earth sees herself for the first time.

700 million years ago, the first Multicellular Organisms emerge. Some organisms begin living together in colonies, finding ways to communicate with each other using chemical messages

1 billion years ago, increasingly, predator organisms learn to use the complex biomolecules of their prey organisms, thereby saving themselves the effort of making their own.

1.5 billion years ago, crisis conditions arise such as food shortages, lack of moisture and extreme temperatures.

2 billion years ago, Despite the enormous drag of its tidal seas the planet is still spinning fast

2.7 billion years ago, oxygen loving cells emerge!