Evolution of man

Big History Timeline

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  • 13.7 billion years ago: the Big Bang
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    13.7 billion years ago: the Big Bang

    The universe is created through the "Bing Bang", which is a theory stating that the universe in always expanding.
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  • 4.5 billion years ago: The Birth of the Earth
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    4.5 billion years ago: The Birth of the Earth

    The earth is created. Scientists hypothesize that the early atmosphere was created by volcanic outgassing. This atmosphere would have had no oxygen and would have been toxic.
  • 3.8 Billion years ago: Single cell life forms.
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    3.8 Billion years ago: Single cell life forms.

    Bacteria form.
  • Sep 2, 650

    1.8 Million years ago: The first human

  • 5,000 BC. - Mesopotamian Civilization
    Sep 2, 1290

    5,000 BC. - Mesopotamian Civilization

    The Mesopotamion civilization, also known as the "Cradle of Civilization", is formed.
  • 3,000 B.C -Sumerians create the cuniform system of writing
    Jan 1, 1380

    3,000 B.C -Sumerians create the cuniform system of writing

    Cuniform, which are wedge shaped impressions in clay tablets, are the oldest known writen language and records
  • 2,800 B.C - Calender
    Sep 2, 1430

    2,800 B.C - Calender

    The calender is developed by the Mesopotatians, and later copied by the Egyptians and Greeks.
  • 2,400 B.C - Chinese Civilization
    Jan 1, 1485

    2,400 B.C - Chinese Civilization

  • 1,200 B.C - Indian Civilization
    Jan 1, 1580

    1,200 B.C - Indian Civilization

  • 1,100 B.C - Greece

    1,100 B.C - Greece

    The begining of the Greek civilization
  • Jesus Christ is born

    Jesus Christ is born

    Jesus Christ is born, thus begining Anno Domini, as well as the new testament of the Bible.
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  • 40,000 BC. - Cognative explosion

    40,000 BC. - Cognative explosion