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13.7 B 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


walls ng cave

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