History of life on earth

14 important questions on History of life on earth

Into what is the history of life on earth ?

into eras. Two or more periods comprise a eological era.

When did life first appear on Earth?

about 3800 million years ago

What were the early life foms?

they only lived in water.  No fossils of terrestrial orgaisms from that period have been found
- at that time atmosphere did not contain oxygen
-bacteria had evolved, some of these could produce oxygen
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What could some single-celled organisms do which appeared 3300 millio years ago?

some ofthe unicelluar orgaisms could photosynthesize/ COnsequently, more and more oxygen ws released into the waater and atmosphre?

What evolved from these uicelulr organisms about 1600 million yars ago?

multicellular organisms. Complex organisms such as sponges, cnidarians, flatworms, mollusc, arhropods and echinoderms appeard int he oceas ad seas. On lan only bacetia could be found

What happend around 500 million years ago?

The first terrestrial plants (such as mosses) appeared. Plants conquered the desolate and barren lan. In the same period the first vertebrates appeared: the fish

When did some organisms crawl form tthe seas and take residence on the land?

about 450 million years ago. The first terrestrial animals wre manily arthropods ( in particular centipedes)

Who evolved from that animals?

more complex vertebrates, the amphibians and reptiles

What happened around 250 million years ago?

liard-like reptiles flourished and giant dinosaurs inhabited the land. Some many have been more than 25m long and 13m high.

What happened at the same time?

the first mammals and birds appeared

Since when were the mammals and birds able to develop beyond their tiny size?

Only after the dinosaurs became extinct 65 million  years ago.

What is the asteroid theory, which is nowadays the most popular concerning the extinction of thte dinosaurs?

65 million years ago a large asteroid 10km wide collided with earth
-so much dust and debris into the air that most of the sunlight would have been bloked
-without sunlight plants and animals would die
-the dramatic changes in climate were too much for dinosaurs. They were not able to survive, mammals and birds could

When did the first human beings appear?

3 million years ago. All humans that populte the world today have  comoon ancestor who lived in Africa 150.000 years ago

What does the tree of life represent?

A tree of life represents: – the evolution of groups of organisms; – which groups are closely related and which are not.

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