The document summarizes the major events in Earth's history from the formation of the universe 13.7 billion years ago to the emergence of modern humans. It describes the formation of atoms, galaxies and stars in the early universe. It then outlines the formation of the Earth 4.5 billion years ago and the earliest life forms. Key events include the rise of oxygen 2.5 billion years ago, the Cambrian explosion 540 million years ago, the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, and the emergence of modern humans in Africa around 200,000 years ago.
The document summarizes the major events in Earth's history from the formation of the universe 13.7 billion years ago to the emergence of modern humans. It describes the formation of atoms, galaxies and stars in the early universe. It then outlines the formation of the Earth 4.5 billion years ago and the earliest life forms. Key events include the rise of oxygen 2.5 billion years ago, the Cambrian explosion 540 million years ago, the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, and the emergence of modern humans in Africa around 200,000 years ago.
The document summarizes the major events in Earth's history from the formation of the universe 13.7 billion years ago to the emergence of modern humans. It describes the formation of atoms, galaxies and stars in the early universe. It then outlines the formation of the Earth 4.5 billion years ago and the earliest life forms. Key events include the rise of oxygen 2.5 billion years ago, the Cambrian explosion 540 million years ago, the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, and the emergence of modern humans in Africa around 200,000 years ago.
▪ infant universe = bundle of energy smaller than an 3.8 BILLION YEARS AGO atom ▪ w/ moon & permanent oceans ▪ within fraction of a second - Big Bang ▪ @ oceans: H, C, N, O and other elements combine to ▪ all energy that we’ll ever use is created form life = DNA (bacteria!) (until now, we’re using energy created from the ▪ 1 person has more bacteria in them than there are BB) humans on earth
380,000 Y LATER 2.5 BILLION YEARS AGO
▪ first atoms = Hydrogen ▪ special bacteria harnessed energy of sun = waste ▪ atoms blast throughout universe in uneven quantities product = oxygen ▪ areas with many atoms = 1st galaxies (basically: ▪ ancient seas were full of Fe so + O = rust = iron when you have a lot of stuff, you can make more stuff) deposits that were then used in the Industrial Revolution 300 M YEARS LATER ▪ so much oxygen in the ocean that it reaches land ▪ gravity clumps clouds of gas & dust together @ ▪ bacteria learn to use oxygen = 20x more efficient forming galaxies ▪ high pressure & high temperatures ▪ @ 18 million ▪ in the next 2B years, life becomes more complex Fahrenheit: H atoms slam together to create He = because of oxygen ▪ sky & ocean become blue energy = 1st stars ▪ solid continents form
STARS 350 MILLION YEARS AGO
- element factories ▪ oxygen at 13% - H -> He -> Li (and 25 other common elements, ▪ Cambrian Explosion: in 30 million years, life evolves incl. C, N, O, F) ▪ bony fish = our direct ancestors (spine, teeth, jaws) - when stars explode into supernovas: even ▪ ozone layer = protection from sun = life moves to land heavier elements (U, Au, Cu) ▪ plants first then animals ▪ amphibians (ancestors ulit) evolve their eggs from soft 8 BILLION YEARS LATER/4.6 BILLION YEARS & wet (like a frog’s) to hard shelled to keep AGO: our sun is born, taking 99.9% of all matter in the moisture even away from the ocean = reptiles solar system (matagal kasi it takes lots of time to get needed elements) 300 MILLION YEARS AGO ▪ life @ tropical swamps, plants die = coal deposits 4.5 BILLION YEARS AGO ▪ earth is born 250 MILLION YEARS AGO EARLY EARTH ▪ up volcanic activity, up CO2 - one day = 6 hours ▪ Permian Extinction: 70% of species go extinct - molten lava & volcanic rock - bec. of gravity, lighter material rises up NEXT 160 MILLION YEARS to form the crust & heavier material sinks to the ▪ appearance dinosaurs & hardwood forests center to form molten iron core = magnetic field that ▪ 24 hour days protects us from the sun ▪ object the size of mars ▪ Pangea breaks apart smashes against earth = earth’s tilted axis = 4 ▪ mammals are shrew-like and cat sized, only seasons scavenging & hiding from dinosaurs debris = moon which keeps earth steady with its gravitational pull 65 MILLION YEARS AGO 4.4 BILLION YEARS AGO ▪ asteroid hits & dust blocks the sun ▪ too hot for liquid water but lots of water vapor ▪ dinosaurs die ▪ planet cools = rain = puddles = oceans ▪ yay it’s time for mammals ▪ ▪ mammals have 5 fingers which is nice ▪ very nice kasi it means we have symbolic thought & we can understand each other 50 MILLION YEARS AGO ▪ warming planet = jungles ▪ water solidifies to ice, sea levels go down = land ▪ but @ modern day Egypt which is under water, bridges seashells form calcium carbonate (limestone) ▪ Bering Land Bridge: Siberia & N. America deposits that end up being used for the pyramids 12K YEARS AGO/10K BC 10 MILLION YEARS AGO ▪ humans reach S. America ▪ humans adapt to ▪ Grand Canyon & Himalayas form entire globe, throughout seasons ▪ colder planet ▪ ice melts = sea level rises = humans get separated ▪ Isthmus of Panama connects North and South ▪ continents emerge as we know it now America ▪ Africa: Lake Victoria & Lake Albert overflows into Egypt: Nile River 7 MILLION YEARS AGO ▪ Eurasia: Tigris & Euphrates of Mesopotamia (Iraq) ▪ primates @ tropics, trees ▪ Pakistan: Indus ▪ grasslands appear around the world = fewer trees & ▪ China: Yellow River more gaps ▪ apes move down & evolve to stand with 2 feet (Homo ▪ temperature warms = more plants & animals Erectus) which frees hands and allows watching of ▪ permanent settlements & more population ▪ Neolithic predators = plants seeds of grass(!!!) aka sugarcane & cereals = efficient way to get energy ▪ Fertile Crescent @ 2.6 MILLION YEARS AGO Middle East: lots of animals & wheat, lots of power ▪ Hominids sharpen rocks made of Silicon (most ▪ Africa & America: few species of plants & animals ▪ abundant in crust, bonded with oxygen) horses first evolved @ America but died but luckily ▪ STONE AGE escaped to Eurasia ▪ also: earth is unique because we have fuel (trees) & oxygen = FIRE 4000BC ▪ nomads learn to tame horse 800K YEARS AGO ▪ 5k years later, Columbus brings horses back to ▪ fire to cook = more energy = big brain America
200K YEARS AGO
▪ larynx descends in modern human = complex sounds = speaking = smart
100K YEARS AGO
▪ man can move, communicate, use tools, use fire expansion out of Africa
50K YEARS AGO
▪ Ice Age because glaciers advance down ▪ but humans persist and reach China & Australia
30K YEARS AGO: Europe
20K YEARS AGO: Northeastern Siberia
▪ man endures kasi magaling tayo and make paintings sa