The Species' Evolution

  • Precambrian

    Precambrian

    There is very little plant life during this period.
  • Precambrian

    Precambrian

    Huge plants begin to develop, early amphibians form.
  • Precambrian

    Precambrian

    Swamps and forests cover the land.
  • Precambrian

    Precambrian

    Coal deposits form
  • Cambrian

    Cambrian

    Colonies of tiny Invertebrates call graptolites florished and vertibrates appear, Fish did not have jaws or teeth and their bodies were covered with bony plates.
  • Ordovician

    Ordovician

    Vascular land plants and animals, such as scorpions begin to evolve on land.
  • Devonian

    Devonian

    Ages of fishes, fish that can breath out of the water and spend time on land form.
  • Silurian

    Silurian

    Euryptids, sea stars and coral become more common.
  • Carboniferous Mississippian Period

    Carboniferous Mississippian Period

    Huge plants begin to develop, early amphibians form.
  • Carboniferous Pennsylvanian Period

    Carboniferous Pennsylvanian Period

    Giant cockroaches apper
  • Permian

    Permian

    Environmental change causes mass extinction of sea invertibrates
    as the seas retreat
  • Triassic

    Triassic

    Welcome to the world of Dinosaur! Enter the squirrel sized dinosaur and the first forest dwelling mammals appear.
  • Triassic

    Triassic

    Whoa those dinos are getting big and dominate the land
    Carnivores and herbivores have arrived
  • Jurassic

    Jurassic

    Flying reptiles called pterosaurs are in the air now
  • Cretaceous

    Cretaceous

    First flowering plants appear
  • Cretaceous

    Cretaceous

    Impact hypothesis
    Dinosaur mass extinction
  • Paleocene

    Paleocene

    First primates evolve
  • Eocene

    Eocene

    Flying squirrels, whales, and bats appear
  • Eocene

    Eocene

    First modern horses appear
  • Oliogocene

    Oliogocene

    Small rodents evolve
  • Miocene

    Miocene

    Early reptiles resembling large lizards appear
  • Pliocene

    Pliocene

    Many early mammal become extinct,clams and snails flourish
  • Pleistocene

    Pleistocene

    Homosapien appeared and are hunters
  • Holocene

    Holocene

    Modern human developed agriculture and used tools made of bronze and iron.