History of the Earth

  • Solar system beginsto form (5 BYA)

    Solar system by accretion
  • Formation of the Earth

  • Lynn Margilus and endosymbiosis (1980s)

  • First Microscope

    First Microscope
    First microscope invented, allowing scientists to identify cells
  • Urey & Miller's experiment (1900)

    Urey & Miller's experiment (1900)
    Simulated early earth's atmosphere and the production of organic molecules