Geological Fossil Timeline

Formation of the earth. Hadean period. 4600 million years ago

Jan 1, 2012

Fossil Record

Period: Jan 1, 2012 to Dec 31, 2012

Oldest known fossils. Archaean period. 3900 million years ago

Feb 22, 2012

First birds. Cretaceous period. 141 million years ago

Jul 27, 2012

First Eucaryotes. Mesoproteozoic period. 1600 million years ago

Aug 20, 2012

First corals. Ordovician period. 490 million years ago

Nov 22, 2012

First amphibians and insects. 410 million years ago. Devonian period

Nov 28, 2012

First reptiles. Carbonferous Period. 354 million years ago

Dec 3, 2012

First land vertebrates. Permian period. 298 million years ago

Dec 7, 2012

First dinosaurs. Jurassic period. 205 million years ago

Dec 15, 2012

First hominids. Miocene period. 23.8 million years ago

Dec 29, 2012

Rise of human civilisations. Recent. 0.1 million years ago

Dec 31, 2012