The Origin of the Earth

  • 4540 millions of years ago
    45,400 BCE

    4540 millions of years ago

    Earth's temperature was 1200 degrees Celsius. The planet's surface was an "ocean of lava" composed of Nitrogen, CO2 and water vapor
  • 3800 millions of years ago
    38,000 BCE

    3800 millions of years ago

    Volcanoes rise forming volcanic islands and again meteorites arrive in a more violent way. This time they bring with them minerals, amino acids and carbon that will end up at the bottom of the ocean. In the depths, certain chemical combinations are formed that give rise to the first unicellular life forms.
  • 750 millions of years ago
    7500 BCE

    750 millions of years ago

    The temperature dropped to -50 degrees below zero and the planet became a ball of ice.
  • 540 millions of years ago
    5400 BCE

    540 millions of years ago

    In the ocean, single-celled bacteria evolve and grow plants.
    Later, worms, sponges and triglobites emerge, as well as larger predators.
  • 65 millions of years ago
    650 BCE

    65 millions of years ago

    An asteroid 10 km in diameter, larger than Everest is heading towards Earth where dinosaurs and almost all life are extinct, some mammals survive by living under the earth
  • 4 millions of years ago
    40 BCE

    4 millions of years ago

    The monkeys evolved and began to walk on two legs in search of food through the deserts
  • 40 thousand of years ago
    4 BCE

    40 thousand of years ago

    The planet cools down again and start another ice age.
  • 6 thousand of years ago
    1 BCE

    6 thousand of years ago

    Ice returns to the poles, Antarctica, and some other parts of the world.