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Plate tectonics.
Age of Earth
determined
from lunar
rocks and
meteorite
radiometric
ages.
Geologic Time Scale – Volume 2
No oxygen in atmosphere.
Considerable evidence.
Sedimentary minerals
Volcanic gases
H2O, CO2, SO2, CH4, NH3
Hotter earth because of higher CO2
Sun produces less heat
Thermophile
bacteria at the
bottom of the
food chain.
Geologic Time Scale – Volume 3
Nothing new.
Geologic Time Scale – Volume 4
Stromatolite
Geologic Time Scale – Volume 4
Stromatolite
Geologic Time Scale – Volume 4
Nothing new.
Geologic Time Scale – Volume 7
Nothing new.
Geologic Time Scale – Volume 8
A great disaster?
Temperatures drop.
Burrowing organisms.
Burrowing organisms.
Phanerozoic Eon
Phanerozoic Eon
Paleozoic Era
Hard parts.
Trilobite Brachiopod
Geologic Time Scale – Paleozoic
Falling sealevel
Major development.
Surrounded by nutrients vs.
Dinosaur Reptile
Jurassic
.
Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction
Whales.
Whales
Is it easier to eat
grass or leaves?
Horse Food
Is it easier to eat
grass or leaves?
You’re right!
5000 1
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4 500 000 000 900 000
Early Humans