Meanwhile…

The cognitive revolution

ongeveer 70.000 jaar geleden

First coral-like organisms appear

around 550 million years ago

Devonian reef ecosystems flourish

around 380 million years ago

Rise of the first hominids

ca. 4 miljoen jaar geleden

The First Stone Tools

around 2,600,000 BC

The emergence of spoken language

rond 100.000 - 50.000 jaar geleden

The emergence of the first dinosaurs

ca. 240 miljoen jaar geleden

Domestication of the wolf into the dog

ongeveer 15.000 jaar geleden

The Cambrian Explosion

ca. 541 miljoen jaar geleden

The Siberian Traps: the greatest volcanic catastrophe ever

rond 252 miljoen jaar geleden

Great Barrier Reef begins forming

around 500,000 years ago