The ChronoZoom Time Atlas of Earth History and Big History
by
Walter Álvarez • Roland Saekow • David H. Shimabukuro Mark A. Richards • Alexis Ajello
Department of Earth and Planetary Science, and University of California Museum of Paleontology University of California, Berkeley 2019
© Walter Álvarez, 2019 Introduction to The ChronoZoom Time Atlas of Earth History and Big History ̹ ǡʹͲͳͻ Dz dz ǡǡͳ͵Ǥͺ ǡ ǡ ʹͲͲͻǡ ǡ Ǥ scientific ǡ ǡ Ǧ Ǥ ǡ Ǥ Ǥ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǥ ǡ ǡ Ǥ ǡ ǡ Ȅ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǥ Ǥ ǤDz dz ǡ Ǧͳǡ Ͳǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǥ ǡ Ǧʹǡ ǡ ͳͲǦͶ͵ Ǥ Ǥ ǡ Dz ǡdz ͳ ǡʹ Ǧ͵ǡ ǡ ǦǢ ȋ ͳͲʹȌ ǡ Ǥǡ Ǥ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǥ ǡ Ǧ ǡ Ǧͳǡ ǡ ǡ Journal of Big HistoryǤ ǡ͵ Ǥ ǡ Ǥ ǡ ͻǦ Ȅ ǡ ǡ Ǥ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǥ Ǧ ǤͶ ǡ ǡ Ǧ͵ǡ Ǥ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǥ ǡ Ǥ ǡ Ǥ Ǥ Ǣ ͷǤ ǡ ͷǡͲͲͲ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ ͷǡͲͲͲ Ǥ ǡ ǡ Ǧ DzǦǤdz Ǥ ǡ Ǥ concept ǡ ǡ ͷǡͲͲͲ Ǥ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǦǦ Ǥ anyoneǡ ǡ Ǥ Ǥ ǡͷ ǡǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ Dzͷǡdz ǡ Ǥ ǡ Ǥ Ǥ Ǥ © 2019 Walter Álvarez
All history on a linear scale ChronoZoom Graphical Index (logarithmic)
Cosmic history Panels
Earth history logarithmic scale 0 All Big Bang- and Big History (Log plot) 13.8 Ga 1 Cosmos (13.8 Ga to now)
Life history ( = 2000 A.D.) 4.567 Ga 2 Earth and Life (4.567 Ga to now) Human history (thickness greatly exaggerated) The Big Bang The “Now” “Now” 541 Ma 3 Phanerozoic – Abundant fossils (541 Ma to now) (beginning of time) Earth 4 Cenozoic – Age of mammals (66 Ma to now) 13.8 10 5 0 and 66 Ma billion years ago (Ga) Life 5.33 Ma 5 Plio-Pleisto – Rise of humanity (5.33 Ma to now) On a linear scale, human history, whether written history or genus Homo, is reduced to invisibility, and most of the space is taken up by 780 ka 6 Brunhes normal and Ice age (780 ka to now) pre-Earth Cosmic history, for which little information is availble. Pre-literate humanity 60 ka 7 Out of Africa (60 ka to now)
All history on a logarithmic scale 3500 B.C. 8 Civilization and writing (3500 B.C. to now) Cosmos Literate 1400 A.D. 9 Global reconnection (1400 A.D. to now) humanity 1945 10 Post World War II (1945 to now) Earth 1995 11 Sunset of the Millenium (1995 to now) Origin of the Origin (13.8 Ga) Universe of the Formation Earth (4.567 Ga) Chicxulub impact and mass extinction (66 Ma) Humans out of (~ 60 ka)Africa Global reconnection of Humanity (1492) II War World End of (1945 )
(= ”Now”) on a log scale log a on ”Now”) (= Humanity 1999.5 12 Millennium’s end (1999.5 to now) no time zero no is there problem: A before this 10 1 100 10 1 100 10 1 100 10 1 10 1 100 10 1 100 10 1 100 10 1 billion million thousand A.D. = C.E. billion million thousand years ago years ago years ago years ago B.C. = B.C.E. years ago years ago years ago years ago (Ga) (Ma) (ka) (Ga) (Ma) (ka)
A logarithmic scale is badly distorted (it looks like all Cosmic history Neither a linear scale nor a logarithmic scale is satisfactory for portraying all of history. The before Earth formed was briefer than from Columbus to World War II), solution adopted in ChronoZoom is to use 12 linear time lines, each covering about 10% of the and there can be no zero on the horizontal scale. previous one, as shown in this index. A problem is that details are available only for recent times. Panel 0: Big-Bang and Cosmos, on a logarithmic time scale (13.8 Ga to now) ̹ ǡʹͲͳͻ ȋʹȌ Ǥ ǡ ȋȌ (E)ǡ Ǥ ǡ ǡ Ǥ ǡ ǡ ȋ ǨȌ ǡͳͲǦͶ͵ ǡ Ǥ Ǥ Dzdz(A)Ǥ ǡ ǡ ͳͻͶǡ Dz dz Ȅ ǡ Ͷ (B)ǡ Ͳ Ǩ (C)Ǥ ǡǡ Ǥ ǡ ǡ Ǧ Ǥ ȋ͵Ȍ ȋǡ ǡ ʹ ǡ ǡ Ȍ ǡ ͳͲΨ ǡ ȋ Ǥ (H) ǡ Ȍǡ DzdzǤ (F) ǡ Ǥ (I)ǡ ǣ ǡȋ ȋ Ǥ ͵Ȍ ǡ Ȅ see Dz dz Ǥ ǡ ǡ Ͷͷ ͳȌǤ ǡmost Ǩ ǦǡǦ (J)ǡ ͳͻͲǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǥ Ǧ Ǥ ͳ͵ǤͺǤʹ ǡ ǡ ǡ ͳͻʹͻ Ǥ ǡ (K)Ǥ Ǥͳ ͵Ǧ Ǧ ǡDzǡdz ǡǡ ǡ (L)Ǥ ǡ ͳ͵Ǥͺ (M)͵ ǡ ǡ ͳǤ Ǥ Ǥ ǡ Ǧ ǡ Ǥ ȋ Ȍ ͳͲΨ ǡ (D)ǡ ǡ Ǥ ǡ Ǥ ǡ (G)Ǥ͵ ȋ Ȍǡ ǡ ǡ Ȅ ͳͲǦ͵ͳͲǦ͵͵ ǡ Ǥ Ǥ ǣ ͷͲ ǤͶ ȋDzReǦ dz Ȍǡ ȋͳȌǡ ͳͻͺͳ ǡͷ ǡ (D)ǡ ǡ ǡȄ Ǥ ǡ Ǥ Ǧ (N) ȋȌ ǡ Ǥ (O) Ǣ ȋͳȌǤ Ǥ PANEL 0: BIG BANG AND COSMOS, on a logarithmic time scale ~10 1 sec 3 min 10
10 O Starry (Stelliferous)Starry Epoch
J -6 -12 AK -36
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H sec Electroweak epoch Quark Hadron Grand epoch The weak nuclear force epoch B N unification and the electro- magnetic First matter Protons, D epoch force are unified; the formed neutrons, and strong nuclear force and Dark age related particles 1020 Strong and gravity are separate. formed weak nuclear forces and the L M electromagnet- Lepton epoch ic force are uni- Photon fied; gravitional Cosmic expansion force is sepa- epoch emitslight Nothing inUniverse rate. Plasma: H and He 100 Universe (m) oftheobserved Radius nuclei in a sea of The convex-upward curvature at the right end unattached electrons of this plot of Cosmic expansion at first sug- gests that expansion accelerated during the by HandHenucleito form neutralatoms “Re”-combination: electrons are captured galaxiesform andevolve Starscontinually forming, Photon epoch of the Big Bang and during the (continuing to present):
Dark Age, but this is an artifact produced by formed particles Electrons andrelated the log scale of time. After inflation, expansion -20
F radiation) Background (Cosmic Microwave Emission ofCMB 10
decelerated, due to the pull of gravity, until ac- Nucleosynthesis (Heliumnucleiformed) celeration due to dark energy began to take G effect much later, as shown in the Cosmic-his- 10-43 sec: tory panel (B-1). Planck time (beginning of the smooth 10-40 time we are familiar with) Inflation E
240,000 yr 380,000 yr C ~100 Myr 20 min Today 10-60 4.36 x10 10-40 10-35 10-30 10-25 10-20 10-15 10-10 10-5 110105 10 1015 A Seconds after “the Beginning” 17 sec=13.8Gyr 3 kyr = thousand (10 ) years 1 yr 1 kyr 1 Myr 1 Gyr Years after “the Beginning” Myr = million (106) years Gyr = billion (109) years A fundamental • On a linear time scale, the Big Bang, to the end of the Lepton epoch (3 minutes), is a trivial fraction of Cosmic history. paradox: • On a log time scale like this, the Big Bang, with 45 orders of magnitude, is most of Cosmic history! © Walter Álvarez, 2019 Panel 1: Cosmos (13.8 Ga to now) ̹ ǡʹͲͳͻ ǡ ǡǤ ȋ Ȍ ȋ Ȍǡ Ǧ ȋ Ȍǡ Ǥ ȋ Ȍ ǡ ȋ DzdzȌ Ǥ ʹͲͳǡ ǡͳ ȋǤǤǡ Ȍ Ǧͳͳǡ Ȅ ͳ͵ǤͶ ǡ ͶͲͲ Ǥ ǡ Ǥ seeǡ ǡ Ǥǡ Ȅ ȋ Ǥ Ȅ ǡȌǡ ǡ (D)ǤͶȋ Ǥ ǡ Ǥ ǣ ǡ Ǧ ǡ ǡ ǤȌ Ȅ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ȅ ǡ ͳͳǦͳ͵ Ǣͺ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ȁ (A)Ǥ ǡ ͳǢ Ǥ ǡ ǡ Ǣͻ ǡ ǡ ȋͳ α͵ǤʹǤǤȌǤ Ǣ ǤͳͲ ǡ Ǥ ǡ Ǥ ǡ ȋ Ȍ ǡǡǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ ͳȀ͵ Ǥ Ǥͷ (F)Ǥȋ Ǧ ǡ ͶǤͷ Ȅ ǡ Ǥ exactlyͳȀ͵ͳ͵Ǥ ǡ ͳ͵Ǥͺ Ȅ ͳ͵Ǥͺ Ͳ(B)Ǥ Ȅ ǡ ǤȋǨȌǡ Ȅ ǡ Dzdz ǡ Ǥʹ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǥ ǡ ǡ (E) ǡ acceleratingǡ Ǥ Ǥ ȋȌ Ǥ Ǥ ǡ (G) (C)Ǥ͵ ǡ ǡ Ǥ Ǥ PANEL 1: COSMOS (13.8 Ga to now)
Metallicity (Fe/H) of the Sun D The Sun 100 Metallicity uncertainty M.W. Disk stars -1 Metallicity 10% of the Sun 10 M.W. Halo Possible gap in M.W. (Milky Way) star formation Metallicity is defined as the ratio of the number of atoms of Fe to stars atoms of H in a star (determined spectroscopically) divided by the 10-2 Metallicity 1% of the Sun same ratio in the Sun (defined as 1). Metallicity is shown here on Metallicity a log plot. -3 Metallicity 0.1% of the Sun 10
0.0 0 C Dark energy and the accelerating expansion of the Universe
After inflation, the expansion 0.01 0.1 0.5 of the Universe either...... first decelerated, then accelerated... 1.0 Redshift 1.5 2.0 ... or has always decelerated. 3.0~0.0001 Relative brightness of supernovae B 0.001
12 Ga11 Ga 10 Ga 9 Ga 8 Ga 7 Ga 6 Ga 5 Ga G Panel 0 Panel 2 6
4 The redshift of light ... but the age of distant objects coming from distant must be calculated from 2 objects can be measured ... their redshift A Age vs. redshift
E Cosmic events Sun, Earth, and Possible reorganization of solar Milky Way F Solar System system orbits, producing LHB Oldest known object (as of 2016): form 4.567 Ga (Late Heavy Bombardment) Galaxy GN-z11, 13.4 Ga The Big Bang – nothing “before” this (13.8 Ga) “before” Bang – nothing Big The Formation maximum of quasars Galactic collisions Galactic collisions Galactic collisions (supermassive black holes) Fraction of spiral galaxies with central bars (like the Milky Way, unlike Andromeda) increases over the last 7 Gyr “Dark Age” — no stars
1212 GaGa 10 10 GaGa 88 GaGa 66 Ga Ga 44 Ga Ga 22 Ga Ga now now Ga = billion years ago © Walter Álvarez, 2019 Panel 2: Earth and Life (4,567 Ma to now) ̹ ǡʹͲͳͻ ǡ ͶǤͷǦ Ǧǡ Ǧ Ǥ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǧ Ǧ(A) Ǧ Ǥͳͳ ǡȋʹͶȌǤ ǯ ǡ Ǣ ǡ Ǧ Ǥ ǡ Ȅ Ǣ ǡ (F)Ǥͳʹ Ǥ ǡ ͳ(B) ǡ ǤʹͲ ǡ ǡ Ǥ ǡʹ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǣ ǡ ǡ Ȅ ǡ ǦǤ ȋ Ǣǯ ǢDzdzȌȄ ǡ Ǥ Dz Ǥdz ǡǡ ǡ ǡ Ǥ ǡ͵ͷ ǡ Ǥͳ͵(G) ʹͲ ǡ ǡ Ǥʹ Ǥ ǡ Ǧ ǣDzǤ Ǥ ǡ ǡ Ǧǡ Ǣ ǫdz͵ ǡ ǤͳͶ (C) (D)Ǥ (H) Ǥ ǡ ǡ Ǧ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǥ ǡͺ ǡ Ȅ ǡ ǡ Ǥͻ ǡ ǡ ȄǦ ǤͶ ǡ ǡ Ǥͳͷ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǯ Ǧ ǡ ǡ ǡ (E)Ǥ Ǥ ǡ Ǥ Ǧ ǡ ǡ Ȅ (I)Ǥͳ ǡ ȋǡ ǡ ǡ ȌǤ ǤͳͲ ǡ ǡ ǡǦ ǡ ǯ Ǧ Ǥ Ǥ ǡ ǡ Ǥ Ǥ ͷ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ
Oxygen % of atmosphere of % Oxygen (km) diameter Crater Myr Ages/30 (km) radius Earth
2,000 0 0 0 4,000 0 30 20 10 6,000 200 100 800 400 Pangea Homo sapiens To Stage 5 Panel 3 Panel L arge L arge fossils Gondwana inner core
Solid Fe-Ni Acraman Laurussia * Pannotia? Walter Álvarez, 2019 Álvarez, Walter
(animals with backbones or spinal columns) * © COMPLEX LIFE
(echinoderms, hemichordates) 774 Ma 774 Cephalochordates, Urochordates Cephalochordates, Vertebrates 10 (arthropods, molluscs, and relatives)
Ambulacria 842 Ma 842 Chordates 9
The latest billion years`: 910 Ma 910 Protostomata 8 Deuterostomata (animals with a notochord, the embryological (animals with a notochord, of the vertebral column) precursor (corals, jellyfish) (three germ layers, germ layers, (three symmetry) bilateral
(vertebrates, echinoderms, echinoderms, (vertebrates, and relatives) 1036 Ma 1036 Radiata 7 Bilateria Marinoan (0.635 Ga) Sturtian (0.710 Ga) (sponges)
(animals with tissues germ layers) into organized 1237 Ma 1237 Porifera Eumetazoa
Eubacteria
6 1368 Ma 1368 Fungi 5 (animals + fungi) Eumetazoa + Eumetazoa Choanoflagellates* Stage 3 4 Stage * There is an inconsistency in Timetree of Life, p. 117 vs. 224: 117 vs. p. of Life, is an inconsistency in Timetree * There Animal-Choanoflagellate page 117 shows split at 1020 Ma; split as 1237 Ma. the (subsequent) Porifera-Eumetazoa page 224 shows
Nuna 1594 Ma 1594 Plants Opistokonts 4 Impacts on Earth
Eukaryotes
uncertainty mitochondria) Sudbury organelles such as organelles (cells with nucleus and (cells
Liquid iron-nickel outer core Liquid iron-nickel
3 Vredefort 2 Ga 1 Ga now to mitochondria to endosymbiosis leading Makganyene (~2.25 Ga) Makganyene * EARTH Fossils small and rare, except for stromatolites for except small and rare, Fossils Kenorland? Rodinia A F Rocky silicate mantle Archaea (4.567 Ga now) to
[[??]] Replace supercontinent bars with those from Evans et al., 2016, Fig. 1 Fig. 2016, al., et Evans from those with bars supercontinent Replace 3 Ga The very long ...... quiet times Stage 1 2 Stage (source craters not known) craters (source Archean impact-spheruleArchean layers Archean Proterozoic Phanerozoic Deposition of sedimentary (Bekker 2010) formations et al., iron G Supercontinents: (Evans et al., 2016, GSL Sp. Pub. 424) Pub. 2016, GSL Sp. et al., (Evans Chemical fossils only Chemical fossils Liquid iron-nickel core Liquid iron-nickel
Oxygen ( Holland 2006) 2
ment (?) ment
Bombard- Late Heavy Late 4 Ga 3 Ga 2 Ga 1 Ga Snowball-Earth episodes (global glaciations) 4 Ga Continental crust Zircon ages in orogenic granitoids and detrital zircons granitoids ages in orogenic Zircon E 1 VERY HOT EARTH VERY Moon-forming impact D Accretion Continental crust LIFE on EARTH LUCA No fossils Evolutionary relationships based on DNA, Evolutionary relationships of Life 2009, The Timetree Hedges and Kumar, from Hadean The earliest billion years: C (Last Universal 0 Whole-Earth Evolution I Common Ancestor) Common Moon-forming impact
B H
Origin of Earth and Solar at 4,567 Ma System Accretion
of Earth Sun, Earth, Solar System formed formed System Solar Earth, Sun, (4.567 Ga) (4.567 Eons PANEL 2: EARTH and LIFE PANEL Ga = billion years ago Ga = billion years Panel 3: Phanerozoic (541 Ma to now) ̹ ǡʹͲͳͻ ͷͶͳ ǡ Ǧǡ ǡ ǡ Ǧ ȋ ǡ Ȍǡ Ǧ ȋȌǡ ǡ ǡ Ǧ Ǧ Ȅ ǡ Ǥ ȋǡ Ǧ α Ȍ (F)Ǥ Ǥ Ǥ ǡǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǥ Ǥ ǡǡ ǡ Ǧ Ǥ ȋȌǤ Ǥͺ Ǥ ʹͲͳʹ (A) ǡ ǡ ͳ ͳͺǡ ȋȌǡ Ǥ ȋ Ȍǡ ȋ Ȍ ȋ ǯ ǡ ǡ ͳͳǤͳ (G)Ǥ ǡ ǡ ǡ (B)ǡ ǤȌǯ ǡ Ǥͻ Ǥ Ǧ ǤͶ ǡ Ǥ ǡ ȋ Ǧ Ǧ Ǧ(D) Ȍ Ǥ ǤǦ ǡ Ǧ Ǧ ǡ ǡǦ ͳͲͲ ǡ ǡʹ Ǥ ǡ ǡ Ǥ (H)Ǥǯ ǡ ǡ ȋͷͶͲ Ȍǡ ǡ Ǧ Ȅ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǥ Ȃ Ǥͷ Ȅ ͵ͲͲ ǡ ȋ Ȅ ȌǤ Ǧ Ǥ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǥ Ǥ ǡ Ǥ ǡ ǡʹͲͲǡ ͳͻͻͲ Ǧ ǡ Ǧ ǡ Ǥ (C) Ǧ Ǥ͵ Ǥ Ǥ ȋȌ ʹͲͲ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǯ (E)ǡ ȋ Ǧ ǡǡ ǡ ȌǤ Ǥ ǡ Ǥ Humans and PANEL 3: PHANEROZOIC – Abundant fossils (541 Ma to now) extinct relatives
Humans and extinct relatives
(gorillas, chimps, Hominini (chimps, humans) humans)
Homininae 31 6 Ma
(greater apes 8 Ma Chimps Hominidae and humans) 30 Gorillas Hominoidea (apes) 29 14 Ma (Old -World monkeys Orangutans Catarrhini and apes) 28 18.8 Ma (lesser apes, (New-World monkeys; Hylobatidae or gibbons) Platyrrhini; Catarrhini Old-World monkeys and apes) 27 29.6 Ma (Old-World Cercopithecidae monkeys) (primates, extinct (dry-nosed 26 44.2 Ma Haplorrhini primates) Plesiodapiformes, (colugos) (New-World Platyrrhini monkeys) tree shrews, colugos) 71.1 Ma (Supraprimates = Primates 25 primates + rodents Primates; 77.5 Ma Tarsiers + rabbits) Dermoptera 24 (wet-nosed
86.2 Ma Strepsirrhini primates) Laurasiatheria + Euarchonta 23 Euarchontoglires (colugos, or Euarchontoglires 22 89.1 Ma Dermoptera flying lemurs) Scadentia (tree shrews) Evolutionary relationships based on DNA Boreoeutheria 21 91.0 Ma (placental (rodents, rabbits, LIFE Eutheria mammals) 20 97.4 Ma Glires hares) (bats, hoofed mammals,
(mammals giving birth to young 19 104.7 Ma Laurasiatheria carnivores, whales) Theria with no shelled egg; external ears) (mammals that originated and B from Hedges and Kumar, (land vertebrates with Atlantogenata radiated in South America and Africa) Mammals sweat glands, hair, milk) 18 176.1 Ma (Tetrapods with terrestrially- (marsupials and adapted eggs) Metatheria extinct relatives) 2009, The Timetree of Life 17 220.2 Ma (541 Ma) Amniotes (egg-laying mammals, including (four-legged Prototheria platypus and extinct relatives) Genetic relationships derived from DNA (lobe-finned Tetrapods vertebrates) 16 324.5 Ma fishes) studies, like those shown here, are more Sarcopterygii 15 361 Ma Reptiles, dinosaurs, birds reliable than can be inferred from fossils. (bony (Frogs, toads, 430 Ma Amphibia salamanders, etc.) However the ages of the splits are poorly Osteichthyes fishes) 14 constrained, and DNA is not available for (Coelacanths and 13 455 Ma Actinista; Dipnoi relatives; lungfish) extinct species, for which fossils provide (ray-finned fishes) the only information (see “Biodiversity”).
527 Ma Actinopterygii 12 Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes, e.g., sharks, rays) Biodiversity **OS FF Mass extinctions CW** PT *TJ Sepkoski (1997) * 2000 KPg 1000 C Number of genera of marine fossil animals GOBE = Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event 0 Genera Bioevents GOBE First First Greatest extinction Dinosaurs dominate the land fauna Mammals dominate land land F F Coal forests T J until the KPg extinction D OS plants animals CW+ PT KT = K-Pg 500 Ma 400 Ma 300 Ma 200 Ma 100 Ma *Popigai 35.7±0.2 Ma, 90 km EARTH E Main Impact Events PopigaiPanel 4 OrdovicianOrdovician impact impact storm Main impact events Manicouagan Morokweng Chicxulub Popigai 35.7±0.2 Ma stormca. 462 ca. Ma 462 Ma 214±1 Ma, 85 km 145±0.8 Ma, 70 km 66 Ma, 150 km Popigai*90 km F Viluy Traps Emeishan Traps Siberian Traps Central Atlantic = CAMP Paraná-Etendeka Deccan Traps Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs)? (Siberia) (China) (Russia) (U.S., S. America, Africa) (S. America, Africa) (India) G Modified after a chart of Phanerozoic Climate Change by Robert Rohde Hot -2 0 Temperature Glacial times Cold 2 O (per mil) These realistic-looking paleocontinental reconstruction maps are by Ronald C. Blakey, Continent labels added to the Blakey maps: 18 University of Northern Arizona, (http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/mollglobe.html) af=Africa; sa=South America; na=North America; eu=Europe; as= Asia; ch=China; in=India; au=Australia; an=Antarctica Continents and Mountains δ
540 Ma 500 Ma 470 Ma 450 Ma 430 Ma 400 Ma 370 Ma 340 Ma 300 Ma 280 Ma 260 Ma 240 Ma 220 Ma 200 Ma 170 Ma 150 Ma 120 Ma105 Ma 90120120 MaMa Ma 65 Ma 50 Ma 35 Ma 20 Ma
as as as as Panthalassa Ocean Panthalassa Ocean Panthalassa Ocean Panthalassa Ocean as as as as as as as Panthalassa Ocean as as as Panthalassa Ocean na na na Siberia as na na na na Panthalassa Ocean Siberia Panthalassa Pangea Pangea Pangea eu na eu na eu na eu eu Siberia Pangea na eu ch eu eu eu eu ch Siberia Panthalassa Ocean Ocean na na eu eu eu ch ch ch ch ch ch Siberia Prototethys Ocean na ch ch ch Panthalassa Ocean Panthalassa Ocean na eu Panthalassa Panthalassa Ocean Paleotethys Panthalassa Siberia eu Panthalassa Ocean Panthalassa Ocean Panthalassa af in Laurussia ians Ocean ians Paleotethys Ocean in lach h Ocean ians Panthalassa Ocean Panthalassa af in s na ppa ppalac ach af Pangea Neotethys sa Laurentia Laurussia eu lachians A Paleotethys A ppal af Appalachians Neotethys Panthalassa sa Ocean sa af Neotethys Neotethys af Siberia Gondwana Laurentia Baltica Old Red Rheic Appa Paleotethys A sa Panthalassa Ocean Neotethys Neotethys sa af sa sa af sa af Laurentia n af af Ocean Neotethys Neotethys sa sa Laurentia n Continent = sa sa sa Pangea af sa Indian a a Ocean Paleotethys af Pangea Neotethys in Siberia n e e sa in af a c c Baltica Gondwana Laurussia Paleotethy af af Indian Ocean Gondwana e O O Rheic Ocean sa Indian Laurentia c us Gondwana tus Gondwana Pangea Neotethys in in Ocean au O Iapet Baltica Rheic Iape Rheic Rheic Ocean au Pangea au in Ocean au Gondwana tus Avalonia Gondwana Pangea au in in Iape Baltica Ocean Ocean Gondwana au au an an an Indian Baltica Gondwana Gondwana Gondwana au au au au au au Ocean au au Gondwana Gondwana an an an au an an H an an an an an an an an
Two small northern continents – Baltica, and Laurentia (North America + Greenland) collided about 420 Ma to form the A complex collision Pangea lasted about 100 million years, with complex motions Progressive fragmentation of Pangea, the most recent supercontinent, has continued since 180 Ma, between Gondwana, Caledonide Mountains and the amalgamated continent of Laurussia, staying separate from Gondwana until about 320 Ma. Laurussia, & Siberia, in the Tethys oceanic embayment of the eastern side of the producing the familiar continents of today, generating the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, eliminating the about 320-290 Ma, supercontinent. The first cracks in Pangea appeared between Tethys, and reducing the great Panthalassa Ocean that surrounded Pangea to the present Pacific Ocean. produced Pangea & Africa and North America about 200 Ma, and fragmentation Collisions of Africa and India with Asia have built the mountains of the Mediterranean region, including Gondwana, the the great great southern southern continent, continent, was was already already in existence in existence when whenthe Phanerozoic the Phanerozoic began, having began, formed having by formed by the Appalachian- Appearance of hard shells starts the rich fossil record starts shells of hard record Appearance fossil the rich collision of of smaller smaller continents continents during during the thePan-African Pan-African event, orogeny, about 700-550 about Ma.700-550 Gondwana Ma. Gondwana lasted until lastedabout 320until Ma. about 320 Ma. Variscan Mountains. of Pangea was well under way by 180 Ma. the Alps, as well as the great chain of the Himalayas.
Periods Cambrian Ordovician Silurian Devonian Carboniferous Permian Triassic Jurassic Cretaceous Paleogene Neo- A gene Eras Paleozoic Mesozoic Cenozoic 500 Ma 400 Ma 300 Ma 200 Ma 100 Ma now Ma = million years ago © Walter Álvarez, 2019 Panel 4: Cenozoic (66 Ma to now) ̹ ǡʹͲͳͻ ǡ Ǧ ǡ ǡ ǡ ͳͺǤ (E)ǡ ǡ Homo sapiensǤ Ǥ ǡ Ǧ ǡ ʹͲͳʹ (A) Ǥ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡǡ ǤǤ ǡ͵ ǡ Ǥͳ Ǥ ȋ ͵Ȍǡ ǡ (D) ǡ Ǥ ǡ Ǥ ǦʹͲͳʹ ǡ ȋ Ǧ ͵ȌǤ Ȅ ǡ ǡ Ǥǡ ǡ ǡ Ǥ Ǥ Ǧ Ǥ ǡ ǡ Ǧǡ Ǣ ǡ Ǥ (F)ǡ ͷͲ ǡ ǡ ǡ ͳͷǡͲͲͲ Ǥ Ǧ ǡ ǡ Ǥ ǡ Ǧ Ǧ Ǥ Ǥ Ǥ ǯ (B)ǡ ǡ Ǧ ǡ Ȃ ͲǦͷͲǡͶ Ǧ ǡȂ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǧ Ǥͷ (G)Ǥ ǡ Ǥ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǧ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǧ ǡ Ǥ ǡ Ǥ ǦǤʹ ǡ Ǧ Ǥ ǡ ǡ (C) ǡ ͷǤ ǡ Ǥ ǡ ǡ ͶͲΨ ǡ ͳͺ ͳǡ ǡ ͷǤ͵͵ Ǣ Ǥ ǡ Ǥ ͳͺ ͳ Ǥ Homo ʹǤͷ ǡ ͳ ͷǤ PANEL 4: CENOZOIC – Age of Mammals (66 Ma to now)
Hedges and Kumar, 2009, The Timetree of Life (greater apes Humans and LIFE (gorillas, chimps, humans) (chimps, humans) and humans) Hominini extinct relatives Evolutionary relationships based on DNA 6 Ma Homininae 31 E Hominidae 8 Ma (apes) 30 Chimps Hominoidea 29 14 Ma Gorillas
(Old -World monkeys and apes) 18.8 Ma Orangutans (66 Ma) Catarrhini 28 (New-World monkeys; Hylobatidae (lesser apes, Platyrrhini; Catarrhini Old-World monkeys and apes) 27 29.6 Ma or gibbons) Cercopithecidae (Old-World monkeys) 26 44.2 Ma Platyrrhini (New-World monkeys) In this DNA-based time tree, the original splits within the mammals take place in Primates the middle Cretaceous; fossil evidence places most of these splits in the Paleocene 20,000 F Land-mammal maximum weight 10,000 Data from Smith et al., 2010, Science, v. 330, p. 1216 0 kg G Bioevents Appearance of open, grass- S. America dominated habitats In contrast to the DNA-based time tree above, fossil evidence W. Eurasia
(gradients show uncertainties; Homo arrows show limits) Genus places most of the mammal divergence in the Paleocene and N. America Eocene, shortly after the KPg impact and extinction at 66 Ma. After Strömberg et al., 2013, Nature Communications, 4:1478 Panel 5 60 Ma 50 Ma 40 Ma 30 Ma 20 Ma 10 Ma Modified after a chart by E.L. Grossman in GTS 2012, p. 190 20 Early Eocene Hot Hot climatic optimum Mio-Pliocene cooling Ice Age Mid-Miocene 10 C Temperature climatic optimum Cold EARTH 0 Cenozoic temperatures D Geological events peaked in the Eocene, regions like Tibet and sheets. Unfortunately mountains is more Antarctic glaciation °C Temp Isotopic then declined to glacial the Andes to very high none of these events difficult. Opening or Chicxulub impactChicxulub mass extinction and levels today, and a elevation, and continen- can presently be dated closing of oceanic 65 Ma 50 Matal movements that 35 Ma 20 Ma as as as passages should be as na na na na eu eu eu major geological mys- eu ch N. hemisphere glaciation ch ch ch with the precision in in in Neotethys af sa af sa sa af sa af Indian in Indian Ocean Indian allowed ocean circula- Ocean Ocean au au Indian Ocean au au reflected in the an an tery is why this decline an necessary to test this an India-Asia collision took place. Geological tion to isolate Antarcti- idea. The deformations deep-sea sediments, initiates the growth events may be responsi- ca, keeping warm water within mountain belts but this is complicated ble, including the rise of away, and leading to can be dated, but in practice. The reason Drying Catastrophic of the Himalayas the formation of its ice dating the uplift of the for the ice age is still up refilling unsolved. Deformation of the Himalayas and Tibet continues to present time Mediterranean Sea
White = Black = Polarity reversed normal C6AA C5AB C5AA C6C C5D C5C C7A C6B C6A C5E C5B C5A C5A C5A C4A C3B C3A C2A C29 C28 C27 C26 C25 C24 C23 C22 C21 C20 C19 C18 C17 C16 C15 C13 C12 C11 C10 C8 C7 C6 C5 C4 C3 C2 C1 B C9 chrons D C
Age/ Selan- Than- Barton- Priabon- Aqui- Lan- Serra- Mes- stage Daniandian etian Ypresian Lutetianian ian Rupelian Chattiantanian Burdigalianghian vallian Tortonian sinian Plio- Pleist- Epoch A Paleocene Eocene Oligocene Miocene cene ocene Period Paleogene Neogene 60 Ma50 Ma 40 Ma 30 Ma 20 Ma 10 Ma now Ma = million years ago © Walter Álvarez, 2019 Panel 5: Pliocene-Pleistocene (5.33 Ma to now) ̹ ǡʹͲͳͻ ȋ ǡ ǡ Ȍ ͶͳǦȋͶͳǡͲͲͲȌ Ǣ Ǥ ȋ Ȍ Ǥ ǯǤȋ͵Ȍ ͳǡ (D) ǡ ͳͲͲǦ Dzdz ǡ ǡ ǯ ǡ Ǥ ͳ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǥͷ Ǩ Ǥ Ǣ ǡ ǡ Ǥ ǡ Ǥ Ǥ ͷǤ͵͵ ǡ ȋAustralopithecus afarensisǡ ͵Ǥʹ Ȍ ǡ Ǥ ǡ ǡ ȋArdipithecus ramidusǡͶǤͶȌ Ǥ Ǣ ǡ Ǥͺ Ǥ Ǥ (A) Ǥ ǡ Ǥ ǡ ʹǤ ǡ ʹͲͲͶǡ Ǧ DzǦǦ ǡ Ǥ ʹͲ ǡ dz Ǥ (E) ǡ Ǣ ǡ ʹͲͳʹ ȋ Ȍ ǡ ͳǤͺǦͳǤǡ Ǥ ǡ Homo erectus Ǧ ǡ Ǥ Ǥ ǡ ͳͻͲǡ ǡ ͲǡHomo sapiens Ǥ ǯ Ǥ ǯ ȋǤǤǡ Dz ǡdz Dz ǡ ǡ dzȌǡǦ ǡȋαȌ ǡ ǡ ȋαȌǤ Ǥͻ ǡ (F) Ǥͳ Ǥ͵ ǡ ǤͳͲǡ ǯ ǡ ȋ ͵Ȍǡ Ǧ ǡ ȋ ͶȌǡ (C)Ȅ Ǥ ȋȌǡ ȋȌǡ ȋȌ ȋȌǤ ȋͳͺȀͳȌ ȋǦ Ǥͳͳ ǯ Ȍ Ǧ ʹ (B)Ǥ ǡ Ǧ ǡ Ǥ Ǧ ǣ ͳȋ ǡ ͳʹ ȋͳȌ Ȍ ͵͵ǡ ǡ ǤȋʹȌ ȋȌǤ ǤͶ PANEL 5: PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE – Rise of Humanity (5.33 Ma to now)
Hominid phylogeny Homo sapiens EARLY HUMANS is extremely contro- versial. This version Homo ergaster Homo habilis Homo rhodesiensis is from Tim White “Lucy,” Australopithecus afarensis. Homo erectus Ardipithecus ramidus. Named by Johanson and Australopithecus Described by Tim White (2009) Cold Spring White, Science, 26 Jan 1979. “Ardi,” and many co-authors 3.2 Ma garhi Australopithecus Australopithecus in Science, 2 Oct 2009 Harbor Symposium, Homo heidelbergensis D 4.4 Ma v. 54. crassidens robustus Homo Australopithecus neanderthalensis Hominid Phylogeny africanus Australopithecus boisei Homo floresiensis Ardipithecus ramidus Australopithecus anamensis Australopithecus afarensis Australopithecus aethiopicus
Second Out-of-Africa migration, H. sapiens, ~1.8-1.7 Ma E First Out-of-Africa migration, All Hominids live in Africa H. erectus, ~1.8-1.7 Ma H. sapiens in Eurasia, then global All human species ( Hominid Domicile Early humans in Eurasia extinct except H. sapiens
Interval One: Interval Two: Interval Three: Interval Four: Interval Five: Intervals Six and Seven: F Use of Fire and Tools No established tool Olduwan artifacts Olduwan artifacts Olduwan and early Acheuian tools See Panel A-5 Newly-discovered stone evidence as of 2010 Acheulian artifacts tools at Lomekwi-3 (Kenya) Early wooden tools dating from ~ 3.3 Ma Toth and Schick, 2010, in The Human Brian Evolving: Stone-Age Institute Publication Series no. 4. would not be preserved (Harmand et al., Nature, 2015) It is commonly assumed that humans living in ice-age in archaeological sites Eurasia must have used fire, but evidence is lacking. Roebroeks & Villa, 2011, PNAS, v. 108, no. 13, p. 5209. Panel 6 5 Ma 4 Ma 3 Ma 2 Ma 1 Ma Normal polarity Bar 1 shows the original four named polarity intervals. EARTH C Geomagnetic Bars 2 and 3 show the briefer polarity intervals discovered later. polarity Reversed polarity Bar 4 shows the current “C” (= chron) numbers that continue back to C33 (83.6 Ma). Continues to 6.033 Ma Gilbert Bar 1 Gauss Matuyama Brunhes Thvera Sidufjall Nunivak Cochiti Bar 2 Mammoth Kaena Reunion Olduvai Cobb Mtn. Jaramillo Bar 3 Chron C3 Bar 4 Chron C2A Chron C2 Chron C1
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Flooding of desiccated Mediterranean (5.33 Ma) of desiccated Flooding 107 103101 5 1 105 99 97 93 91 89 87 81 77 47 31 100-kyr glacial cycles 95 83 49 25 Warm 85 79 75 67 63 55 43 37 21 11 7 73 7169 65 61 59 57 53 51 45 41 39 35 33 29 19 17 15 13 9 27 3.5 ‰ B 23 3 4.5 O ( The benthic stack of Lisiecki and Raymo (2005) 41-kyr glacial cycles Cold 18 5.5 δ Age/ Zanclean Piacenzian Gelasian Calabrian Ionian stage A Epoch Pliocene Pleistocene Tarantian Period Neogene Quaternary Holocene 5 Ma4 Ma 3 Ma 2 Ma 1 Ma now Ma = million years ago © Walter Álvarez, 2019 Panel 6: Brunhes Normal and Ice Age (780 ka to now) ̹ ǡʹͲͳͻ ǯ Dzǡdz (D)Ǥ ǡ ǤǤǡ ǡ ǡ ǦǦ ȋ Ȍǡ ͺͲǡͲͲͲȋ ͺͲȌǢ ǢǦ Ǧ Ǧ Ǥ (A) ǡ ǡ ǡʹ Ǥ Ǥ͵Ǧ ǡ Ǥ Ǧ ȋȌ ʹͲͳʹ(B) Ȅ ǡ Ǥǡ ǡ ǤͶ ǡ ǡ Ǧ ǡ ǡ ǡ ͵Ǥͻ Ǥͷ Ǥ Ǥ Dzdz ǡ Ǥͻ ǡ ǡ ǡ (G)ǡ Ǥ ȋͳͳͶǦͳͻͷȌ Ǥ ǡ Ȅǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǥ Homo sapiens ǡ Ǥ ǡ Homo (E)Ǥ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǥ ǡ ǡ Ǥ ǡ ǡ ǡ ʹͲͳʹ ȋʹͲͲȌǢ ǡʹǤǡ H. Ǥǡ ͳǤͺǡ ʹͲͲͶȋͷȌǤ antecessorH. rhodesiensisǤ ǡ Ǧ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ Homo sapiensǡ ͳͲͲ ǡ Ǧ Ȅǡǡ ͳ Ǣ ǡ ǡ ǡ (C) Ǧ ǡ Ǥ Ǥ Ǧ (F)ǡ ǡ ǤǦ ǡ Ǥ ǡ ǡ ǡ ͳǤͺǡH. Ǥ erectus ǡ Homo erectusǡ Ǣ ǡ ͳǤ ǤH. erectus Ǧ ǡ Ǥ ͳͲͲǦ Ǥ ǡ ǡ ȋ ǣ Ǥ ǡ ǡ ȌǢ ǤͳͲͲǦ ǦǦ H. ǡ ͵ Ͷǡ sapiens Ͳ ǡ ͳͳǡͶͲͲǤͳͲ Ǥ Ǥ H. erectus ǡ Ȅ Ǩ Ǥͺ PANEL 6: BRUNHES NORMAL and ICE AGE (780 ka to now) HUMANITY E Human family tree Homo sapiens Rightmire, G. P., 2007, Later Middle Pleistocene Homo, in Henke, H. C. W. et al., eds., Handbook of Paleoanthropology: Berlin, Springer-Verlag, p. 1695-1715. Neanderthals Homo heidelbergensis Begins about 1.9 Ma Homo erectus (or ergaster)
F Human migrations ca. 60 ka Second Out-of-Africa migration, through Sinai and/or the Gate of Grief, involving Homo sapiens First Out-of-Africa migration, involving Homo erectus, began about 1.8-1.7 Ma. As a result, humans lived all over Eurasia through several ice ages. ? (back to at least 2.6 Ma) Early Paleolithic stone tools Late Paleolithic stone tools MIS 3, 20.91 20 Toth, N., and Schick, K., 2007, Overview of Paleolithic archeology, in Henke et al., Middle Paleolithic stone tools eds., Handbook of Paleoanthropology: Berlin, Springer-Verlag, p. 1943-1963. 15 MIS 4, 10.0 10 *Fire-use units: Number of sites with MIS >11 MIS 11-9 MIS 8 MIS 7 MIS 6 MIS 5, 5.25
Fire use use* Fire G Tools and fire use good evidence of fire per 10 kyr 1.92 5 (Roebroeks & Villa, 2011, Fig. 2) 0.0 0.48 0.53 1.47 Panel 7 7 00 ka 6 00 ka 5 00 ka 4 00 ka 3 00 ka 2 00 ka 1 00 ka Toba volcano EARTH D Geologic events super-eruption Barringer (74 ka) – possible impact crater, bottleneck in AZ (49 ka) Glacial terminations human evolution 1.18 km diam Lisiecki and Raymo, Term. VII Term. VI Term. V Term. IV Term. III Term. II Term. I 2005, Table 3: 621 ka 533 ka 424 ka 337 ka 243 ka 130 ka 14 ka
2.5 ) C Glaciation 9 5 Lisiecki and MIS (Marine 15 Warm 7 1 19 17 isotope 13 Raymo (2005) 3.5 stage ) 11
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4 18 Start ka) (780 polarity magnetic normal of Brunhes chron 16 14 Cold 12 10 8 6 2 δ A Magnetic polarity Brunhes normal magnetic polarity chron (780 ka to present) Age/ stage Ionian Tarantian B GTS 2012 Epoch Middle Pleistocene Late Pleistocene Period Quaternary Holocene 700 ka600 ka 500 ka 400 ka 300 ka 200 ka 100 ka now ka = thousand years ago © Walter Álvarez, 2019 Panel 7: Homo sapiens out of Africa (ca. 60 ka to now) ̹ ʹͲͳͻ ǡ Ǧ ǡ Ǣ ͳǤͺǦͳǤǤ (A)Ǥ Dz ǡdz ǤͶ (E)Ǥ ʹͳǤͶ ͳ͵ǤͶ Ǣͷ H. sapiensǡ ǡ Ǧ ͳͻʹ͵ ǡ ǡ Ǥ ǡǡ ͳͺ͵ͲǤ ǡ Ǥͳ ȋ Ȍ Ǥ Ǧ Ǧ ǦǤ ͲǡͲͲͲ ǡ Ǧ ǡ Ǧʹ(B)Ǥʹ ǡ Ȅ ǦǦ ÞǦÞ Ǧ ǡͳǢ Ǥ Ǥͳʹ ǡ ͳͺǤ ǡ ǡ ʹ Ǧʹ Homo sapiens ǡ ǡ͵ ǡ ȋͶȌǤ ͶͲ (D)Ǥ Ǥ Ǧʹ ǡ ͳͳǡÞǦÞ Ǥͺ ǡ ʹͲͲ͵ǡ ǤDzdz ǡ ǡͳ ȋ Ǧ Ǥ ǡHomo floresiensisǡ Ȍ Ǧ Ǧ DzǤdzͻ Ǥͳ͵ Ǧ Ǧ Ǣ Ǧ ǡ Ǧ ȋȌǡ ǡ ǡ Ǥ HomoǤ ȋ ǡ Ȍǡ Ǧ ǡ ǡ Ǥ (C)Ǥ ǤͳͲH. floresiensis Ͳǡ Ǣ ͳͶ ȋ H. Ǧ ͳͲͲǦͲ ǡ floresiensis ȌǤ ǡ ͳͻͲǦͷͲ ǡͳͳ Ǥ͵ ͶͲ ͵Ͳ ǡ H. sapiens ͳͲ ǡ Ǥ ǡ Ǧ Ǥ Dzdz Ȅ Homo (F)Ǥͳͷ ǡʹͲ erectusHomo sapiens ȋ Ȍ ǡ Ȅ ͳʹ ȋͳͲǡͲͲͲ ȌǤ ǡ ǡ DzǦǦ dz Ȅ H. ǡͷǤͷ Ǥ sapiens ͺ(G)Ǥ ǡ ǡ PANEL 7: H. sapiens OUT OF AFRICA (60 ka to now)
Homo floresiensis (”hobbits”) perhaps extinct by ~50 ka D Human species HUMANITY Neanderthals extinct ~40 ka Anatomically modern Homo sapiens
Posth et al., 2016, Curr. Biol. E Human ? Europe migrations Late Glacial Post- Late Pre- Late Glacial Maximum (LGM) Maximum LGM Glacial Holocene Arabia? India?Australia? Eurasia? Siberia? Alaska Americas Pacific
Middle Paleolithic stone tools Agriculture F Tools and fire Late Paleolithic stone tools Bronze Age and Iron Age Intentional human use of fire is ubiquitous G Panel 8 50 ka 40 ka 30 ka 20 ka 10 ka C Geologic events Spokane (Missoula) Floods: dozens of catastrophic EARTH floods released when glacial Lake Missoula floated its ice dam off the bottom of the Clark Fork valley. Heinrich events, H1-H6, are large accumulations of ice-rafted 21.4 ka 13.4 ka Very rapid deglaciation migration out of Africa (ca. 60 ka?) (ca. 60 of Africa out migration H6 debris in the North Atlantic H5 H4 H3 H2 H1 ends the Pleistocene ~60 ka sediments. (Hemming, 2004) 45 ka 38 ka ~31 ka 24 ka 16.8 ka ice age. Temperature Dansgaard-Oeschger events (numbered) Bølling-Allerød (warm) -30 B Warm ) 1716 15 14 13 12 11 10 98 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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-40 18 δ Homo sapiens Homo Greenland ice core GISP-2: Stuiver & Grootes (2000) Cold Younger Dryas (cold) -45 Age/ Tarantian stage A GTS 2012 Holocene Epoch Late Pleistocene Period Quaternary 60 ka50 ka 40 ka 30 ka 20 ka 10 ka now ka = thousand years ago © Walter Álvarez, 2019 Panel B-8: Civilization and writing (3500 BC to now) ̹ ǡʹͲͳͻ ǡ ǡ ͳͻʹ͵ǡ Ǣ ǯ ȌǤ Ǥ DzǤdz ǡ Dz ǡdz ǡ ǡ ͳʹͲͲ ǡ Ǥ Ǥͳ ǡ Ǣ ǡ ͷǡͷͲͲ ǡ ͳͻͻͻǡ ǡ ǡͶ ʹͲͲͲǤ ǡ ǡ Ǥͷ ǡ (B)ǡ (E) ͳͶ Ǥ ǡ ȋ ȌǤ ǡ Dz dz (C)Ǥ ǡ ǡ ͳͶͲͲ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡǤ ǯ Dz dz ȋ ͶͲͲǤʹ ǡ ǡ ǡ ͳǡ ʹͲͲͲȌ ǡ ȋ Ȍ ǡ Ǥ Ǧ Ȅ ǯ ǡ Ǥ Ǥ Ǥ ǡ ǡ Ǥ Ȅ Ǧ ǡ ǡ Ǥ ǡ Ǥ Ǥ ǡ (A)ǡ ȋ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ ȌȋȌǤ (D)ǡ Ǥ ǡ ȋǤǤǡ ǦȌǤ ǡ ȋ ǡ ǡ Ȍ ȋ Ǥ Ǥ ǡ ͳͷͺʹǡ ǡ͵
PANEL 8: LAST 5,500 YEARS – civilization and writing (3,500 BC to now)
30 00 25 00 20 00 15 0010 00 5 00BC AD 5 00 10 00 15 00 Oldest writing in Mesoamerica (early first millenium BC) Early writing Oldest Chinese script, on oracle bones (ca. 1200-1050 BC) (For population since 1500, see Panel 9) Panel 9 E Undeciphered writing from Harappa, in the Indus Valley (ca. 3000 BC) B 500 Earliest (questionable) date on hieroglyphics in Egypt (ca. 3200 BC) Volcanic eruptions, Plagues, Population Appearance of cuneiform writing in Sumer (2700-2500 BC) Protoliterate period in Mesopotamia (35th to 32nd centuries) The Plague The Black Death * * 400 of Athens The Plague 1347-1353 D Tool materials 430 BC * Dramatic end of the Near-East Bronze Age (ca. 1200 BC) may of Justinian have been caused by advances in warfare, or by earthquakes 541-542 300 Krakatoa (1883 AD) Chalco- Near-East Bronze age (ca. 3300 BC - 1200 BC) Near-East Iron Age (ca. 1200 BC - now) lithic >30,000 dead * 200 Thera (Santorini) eruption may Tambora (1815 AD) >17,000 dead have ended Minoan civilization “Year without a summer” (1816) C * * population (millions) World Radiocarbon age Archaeological age Vesuvius (79 AD) Great Drought* in SW U.S. 100 Approximate date of the earliest writing (3,500 BC = 5.5 ka) BC = 5.5 (3,500 writing the earliest of date Approximate 1600-1627 BC **~1500 BC destroyed Pompeii destroys Anasazi, Hohokam and Herculaneum towns (1276-1279) 0 ka = thousand 3,000 BC2,000 BC 1,000 BC BC - AD 1,000 AD © Walter now years ago 5 ka4 ka 3 ka A 2 ka 1 ka Álvarez, 2019 Panel 9: Global reconnection (1400 to 2000 AD) ̹ ǡʹͲͳͻ ͲͲǡͳͶͲͲǡ(A) (E)Ǥ ǡ (F) ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ ͳͳͻ ǡ ͳͷǤ ǦǦ Homo ʹͲͲͲǤʹ sapiensͲǡͲͲͲǤ Homo sapiens ͳͶͻʹǡ ǡ ǦǦ ǡ ͲǡͲͲͲȋǡȌ Ǥ ǡ ǡǡ Ǧ Ǥ Ǥ Ǥ ǡ ǡ ǡ ̱ͳͲΨ Ǥ ͳͷͷ (B) Ǥ Ǥ ǡ ǡ Ǧ ǡ ǡ ͳͷͳ (G)ǡ ǡǦ ǡ Ǥ Ǧ ǡ ͳͷͷ ǡ Ǥ Ǥ ͳͶͲͲ ǡ Ǧ ͻǡ Ǥ ǡͳ ǣ ͵ǡ ͳͷ Ǥ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǥ (C)ï ǡ Ͷ Ǥ ͺǡǡ ͳͻ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǥ (D) ǡ Ǥ ͳͶ ǡ ǡ Ǧ Ǥ ͳ ͳͺ ǡ ǡ ͳͻͳͺǦ ͳͻͳͻ Ȅ Ǧ Ǥ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǥ ǡ PANEL 9: LAST 600 YEARS – Global reconnection (1400 to 2000 AD)
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15 00 16 00 17 00 18 00 19 00 Earthquakes, volcanoes, DA Outbreaks of Volcanic eruption of Mt. Tambora Panel 10 plagues, and population bubonic plague (Indonesia) 1815.04.10 6 “Year without a summer” (1816) ** * * ** * 5 Volcanic eruption of Huaynaputina (Perú) Volcanic eruptions at Laki 1600.02.19 Many deaths, and global effects* C *
Baltic (Icelend) 1783-1784 Crop Milan Seville Vienna 4 London failures throughout Europe Marseille Shaanxi Earthquake (China)* Volcanic eruption of Krakatoa 3 1556.01.23 ~800,000 fatalities; B (Indonesia) 1883.05.20 Deadliest earthquake in history “Loudest sound in recorded history” Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal) 1755.11.01 est. 50,000 fatalities; * 2 Destroyed Lisbon, and deeply * * E Approximate beginning of global exploration (1400 AD = 600 a) = 600 (1400 AD exploration of global beginning Approximate F affected Enlightenment philosophy Flu pandemic, 1918-1919 1 World population 20-50 (or 100) million deaths (cf. ~ 15 million deaths in WW I) population (billions) World A 0 1400 AD1500 AD 1600 AD 1700 AD 1800 AD 1900 AD© Walter 2000 AD Álvarez, 2019 Panel 10: Cold War/Long Peace (1945 to 2000 AD) ̹ ǡʹͲͳͻ ǡǡ Ǥ ǡ Ǥ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǥ ͳ (A)Ǥ ǡ ǡ Ǥ ʹǡ Ǥ ͳͲǦ ǡ ͳͲͲ ǡ Ǩ ͳǡ ʹȀ͵ ͵ͲǡͲͲͲ Ǥʹ ǡ Ǥ Ǧ ͳͻͶͷǡ ǡ ǡ Ǧ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǥ ʹͲͲͲǤ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǥ Ǥ ǡ (B) ȋǡ Ǥ ͳͻͶǡαͻǤʹȌȋǡͳͻͲǡαͻǤͷȌ Ǥ ͳͻͲǡ × ǡ ͳͻͺͷǡ ǡ Ǧ ǡ Ȅ Ǥ ǡ ǡ Ǥǡ ǡ ͳͻͳͷǤ ǡ ͳǡͳͻͶͷǡ η ͺ ͳͻͲͲ ͳͻͺͳ ȋȌ ǡ ǡ Ȁ (D) (F)Ǥ ǡ Ǥͳ ͵Ͳǡ ǡ ͳͻͺͲ Ǥ͵ ǡ Ǥ (C)ǡ ͳͻͻͳǤ (E)ǡ ǡ ǡ ʹͲͲͲǡ ǤǤ Àǡ ǡ ͻǡ ȋȌǡ ǡ ͳ͵ǡͳͻͺͷǤͷι ̱ͳͲǤ ǡ ǡ ͷǡ͵ͲͲ ȋͳǡͷͲͲ Ȍ ǡ Ǥ PANEL 10: LAST 55 YEARS – Cold War/Long Peace (1945 to 2000 AD)
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A 1/1 ‘50 1/1 ‘60 1/1 ‘70 1/1 ‘80 1/1 ‘90 EARTH Panel 11 HIV/AIDS global pandemic (1981, continuing) 6 D Great Chilean Earthquake (MW ~9.5) 1960.05.22 Most powerful earthquake ever recorded 5 End of World War II (1945 AD = 55 a) AD = 55 II (1945 War World End of * Eruption* of Nevado del Ruíz (Colombia) E 4 World population C 1985.11.13 > 20,000 fatalities Eruption of Mount St. Helens (Washington State, U.S.) 1980.05.18 3 B * Three eruptions of El Chichón (Mexico) Great Alaskan Earthquake* (M ~9.2) 1964.03.27 W * March-April 1982 ~2,000 fatalities 2 Most powerful North American earthquake recorded * Eruption of Mount Pinatubo 1 (Philippines) 1991.06.15 population (billions) World Mexico City Earthquake 1985.09.19 5,000-30,000 fatalities major atmospheric effects * 0 1 Jan 1950 1 Jan 1960 1 Jan 1970 1 Jan 1980 1 Jan 1990© Walter 1 Jan 2000 Álvarez, 2019 Panel 11: Sunset of the Millennium (1995 to 2000 AD) ̹ ǡʹͲͳͻ ͳͲ ǡ Ȅ ͷͳͲͳʹ Ȅ Ǥ ǡ ͳͳ ͳʹǡ ȋͷȌǤ ǡ ȋͳͳȌǡ ͳͻͻͻǡ ȋͳʹȌǤ ǡ ǡ
Dating and periodizing history ʹͲ Ǥ ǡ Ǥ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǥ Ǧǡ Ǥ ǡ Ǥ ȋ ǡ ǡǤ ǨȌǤ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǥ ǡ Ǥ͵ years ǡ ǡ Ǥ ǡ ǡ chemical Ǥ Dz Ǥ ǦǦǤdz Ǥ ʹͲ ǡ Ǥ ǡ ǡ Ȅ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǥ ǡ Ǧ DzdzDzdz ǡ ǡ Ǥ Ǧ ǡ Ǧ Ǥͳ Ǥʹ ǡǡ Ǧ ǡ ǤͶ Ǥ ǡ ǡ ǡ ͻ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǥ ͳͶǡ Ǧ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǥͷ Dzdz Ǥ ̱ͷǡ͵Ͳ ǡ Ǥ ͶͲǡͲͲͲǤ ǡ ǡ ǡǤ ǡ Ǥ ʹͲ ǡ scientists Ǥ ȋǤǤǡ ǡ ȌǤ Ǥ ǡ ȋǤǤǡ Ȍǡ ǡͳͻ ǡ Ǥ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǥ Ǥ PANEL 11: SUNSET OF THE MILLENNIUM – (1995 AD to now) Jul Jan Jun Oct Apr Feb Sep Mar Dec Nov Aug 1995 1996 1997 1998 May 1999 Panel 12
Hurricane Mitch 1998.10.23-1998.11.09; >12,000 fatalities
Hanshin (Kobe) Earthquake, Japan; Izmit Earthquake, Turkey; Mw = * Mw = 6.9; ~6,400 fatalities: 1995.01.17 7.4; ~17,000 fatalities: 1999.08.17 *
Colossal wildfires in Indonesia:
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1 Jan 19951 Jan 1996 1 Jan 1997 1 Jan1998 1 Jan 1999© Walter 1 Jan 2000 Álvarez, 2019 Panel 12: Millennium’s End (1995.5 to end of the Second Millennium) ̹ ǡʹͲͳͻ ǡ ʹͲͲͲ Ȅ Ǥ Ǥ ͳͳǡ Dzǡdz ǣ Dzdz ǡ ǡǡ Ǥͳ ǡ Ǥ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǥʹ ͵ͳǡͳͻͻͻ ͳǡ ǡ The Character of History ǡ Ǥ Ȅ ǡ ǡ Ǥ ǡ Ǧ Ǥ ǡ Ǧ ǡ ͵ ǡ ǡ Ǥ ǡ Ǥ ǡ͵ ͶͲ Ȅ Ǥ ͳͲͲ can ȋ ǤͶ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǥ Ǧ Ȍǡ ͷ Ǥ process Ǥ ͵ ǡ Ǧ ǡ Ȅ Ȅ ͳ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǧ ǡ ǡͶ Ǥ Ǥ Ǥ ͳͲ didhistorical Ǥ Ǥ ǡ ǯ ǯ Ǥ Ǥ ǡ ǡͶǡ Ǥ Ǥ Ǥ Ǥǡ ̱ͳǡͲͲͲ Ǧ ͳͲ laws ǡ ǡ ǡ̱ͳͲʹͲ ǡ̱ͳͲͻ͵Ͳ character Ǧ ǡ ǡ Ǥ Ǥ Ǧ ǦǤ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǥ ǡ ǡ ȋʹȌǡ Ǥ Ǥ ȋ͵Ȍǡ ǡ Ǥͷ Dz ȋͶȌǤ ǡdz Dz Ǥ Ǥ ǡdz ǡ ǡ PANEL 12: MILLENNIUM’S END – (1999.5 AD to end of the Second Millennium)
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Earthquake Earthquake Earthquake Earthquake Izmit, Turkey M 7.4 Taiwan M 7.7 Oaxaca, Mexico Vanuatu M 7.5 1999.08.17 * 1999.09.20 * * M 7.5 1999.09.30 * 1999.11.26 Flash floods and debris flows Hurricane Floyd Cat. 4 in Vargas State, Venezuela killed Bahamas, N. America tens of thousands 1999.12.15 1999.09.7-17 Hurricane Bret Cat. 4 * Mexico, Texas Hurricane Gert Cat. 4 Hurricane Lenny Cat. 4 1999.08.18-25 Bermuda, N. America Colombia, Caribbean 6 months before the end of the Second of the the end Millennium (0.5 a) before 6 months 1999.09.11-23 1999.11.13-23
6 5 4 3 2 1 © Walter 0 months “ago” Álvarez, 2019 The ChronoZoom Time Atlas of Earth History and Big History – Footnotes and References ̹ ǡʹͲͳͻ Introduction ǡ ǡ ǡʹͲ͵Ǥ ͳǤǡǤǡʹͲͲͶǡǤ Earth and Life (Panel 2) ǡǡǡ ͶʹǤǢǡǤǡʹͲͲͺǡ ǣ Cosmos (Panel 1) ͳǤ ǡ ǡǡ ǡ Ǥǡǡ Ǥ Ǥǡ ǡǤǡǡ Ǥǡ ǡͳͳʹǤǢǡǤǡǡǤǤǡ ͳǤǡǤǡʹͲͳǡǡ ʹͲͳʹǡ ʹͲͳʹǡǡ ǡǤǡʹͲͳͶǡ ǣ ǡǤǤǡʹͷǤǡǤʹǤ Ǥ ǡǡ ǡ͵͵ʹǤ ʹǤ ǡǤ Ǥǡͳͻͻǡǡ ʹǤǡ ǤǤǡͳͻͻͳǡǡǡ ʹǤǡ Ǥǡͳͻͻǡ ǡ ǡǡ͵ͷͺǤ ǤǡǡͶͶǤ ǡǡͳͳ͵ǤǢ ͵ǤǡǤǡʹͲͲ͵ǡǡǡ ͵ǤǡǤ ǤǡÞǡǤ ǤǡʹͲͲͶǡ ǡ ǡʹͲͳͲǡ ǣ ǡǤͷǡǤ ǣ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡʹʹǤ ͶǡǤͷ͵ǦͲǤ ǤʹʹͷǡǤʹͷ͵ǦʹͻǤ ͵ǤʹͲͳͲ ǣ ͶǤǡǤ ǤǡʹͲͲͳǡ ͶǤǡǤǤǡǡǤǡʹͲͲͲǡ ǣȀȀǤǤ Ȁ ǫα ǣ ǣ ǡǡ ͶǤǣȀȀǤǤȀ̱Ȁ Ȁ ǣ ǡ ǡͷͷͷǤ ͷǤ ǡ ǡǤǡͳͻͻʹǡ ǤͳͷͳǡǤʹǡǤ͵ͲǦ͵ͳ͵Ǥ ͷǤǡǤǡǡ ǤǦǤǡǡ ǤǦǤǡʹͲͲͳǡ ǡǡǡͳͳʹǤ ͷǤ ǡǤǡʹͲͳͷǡ ǣ ǣ ǡ ǡ ǡǤͳͻͲǡǤ͵ǦͶǡǤͳͳͳǦͳʹ͵Ǥ Big Bang and Cosmos (Panel 0) ǡ͵ͲʹǤ Ǥǡ ǤǡʹͲͲǡ ǫǣ ǤǡǤ ǤǡǡǤǡǡ Ǥ Ǥǡ ǡǤʹ͵ǡǤͷǡǤͳͺǦͳͻͳǢ ǡǤǤǡ ͳǤǡǤǡʹͲͳǡǡ ǦǡǤ ǤǡʹͲͲͷǡ ǡ Ǥ Ǥǡǡ ǤǤǡǡ ǤǤǡǡ ǡǤǤǡʹͷǤǡǤʹǤ Ȁ ǣƬǡǤ ǤǤǤǡʹͲͳǡ̵ ʹǤʹͲͳͷ ͶͶͲǡǤ͵ǡǤͳͳͷ͵ǦͳͳͷͻǤ ǣ ǡǤͶͶǡǤ ǡ Ǥ ǡǤǤǤǡǡǤǡǡǤǤǡ ͳͲǡǤͺͷͷǦͺͷͺǤ Ǥ ǡ ǤǤǤǡ ǡ ǤǤǡ ǡǤǡǡǤǤǡ Ǥǡ Ǥ ǤǤǡǡǤǡʹͲͲͶǡ ͵Ǥ ǡǤ Ǥǡͳͻͻǡǡ ǡǤǤǡǡǤǡ ǡǤǡǡǤǡ ǡǡǡ ǡǡ͵ͷͺǤ ǡǤǡǡǤǡǡǤǤǡǡ ʹͺͻǤǢ ǡǤǤǡǡ ǤǤǡǡǤǡ ͶǤ ǡǤ Ǥǡͳͻͻǡ ̵̵ ǤǡʹͲͲǡ ǣ ʹͲͳ͵ǡ ǣ ǫǣǡǤʹǡǤͳͶǦʹͳǡ ǡǤͳ͵ʹǡǤͷǡǤͳʹͻǤ ǣ ǡǤʹͷǡǤͳǡǤͶǦʹͻǤ ǤʹͲǤͷͲ ͺǤǡǤǤǡǡ ǤǤǡǡǤ Ǥǡ ǡǤ ͺǤǡǤǤǡǡǤǤǡʹͲͲͻǡ Ǥ Ǥǡ ǡǤǤǤǡͳͻͻǡ ͷǤ ǡǤ Ǥǡͳͻͺͳǡ ǣ ǣǡǤ ǣǡ ǡ ǣ ͵ͺͶǡǤͶ͵ͻǦͶͶͳǤ ǡǤͻͲǡǤͶͳǡǤ͵ͶǤ ǡǤʹ͵ǡǤʹǡǤ͵ͶǦ͵ͷǤ ͻǤǡǤǤǡǡǤǤǡǡǤǡ ͻǤǡǤ ǤǡǡǤǤǡʹͲͲͺǡ Ǥ ǡ ʹͲͲͻǡ ǣ ǫǣ ǡǤ͵ͳͻǡǤͷͺͷͻǡǤͺͷǦͺͺǢ Ǥ ǡǡǤ ǡǤǡǡǤǤǡǡ Ǥǡ ǡ ͳͲǤǡǤǡǡ ǤǡǡǤǤǡ ǡǤǡʹͲͳͷǡ ǡǤ ǤǡǡǤǡǡǤ Ǥǡ ǫǣ ǣǡǤǡʹͲͳͷǡ ǡǤ ǤǡʹͲͳʹǡ ǡǤʹͷͻǡǤʹͺǦʹͺͻǤ ǡǡ ǡ ǣ ǡǤͷͺǡǤʹͲ Ǥǡ ͳͲǤ ǡǤǡǡ Ǥ ǤǡǡǤǡ ͶͳʹǤ ǤͳǦǤ ǡǤǡʹͲͲͷǡ ǤǡǤǡͳͻͻ͵ǡǣ ͵Ͳ ǣǡǤͶ͵ͷǡǤͶǦͶͻǤ ǤǡǤǤǡǡǤǡǡ Ǥǡ ǡ ǤǤǡ ʹǤǡǤǡǡǤǡͳͻͺͳǡ ͳͳǤǣȀȀǤ ǤȀ ȀǤ ͳͻͺͲǡ Ǧ ǣ ǣ ǡǤͻǡǤ͵ͻʹǦ͵ͻǢǡ ǤǡʹͲͳʹǡ ͳʹǤ ǡ ǤǤǡͳͻͻʹǡ Ǧ ǣ ǡǤʹͲͺǡǤͳͲͻͷǦ ǡ Ǥǡ ǣǡin ǡ Ǥ ͳͳͲͺǢ ǡǤǤǡǡ ǤǤǡǡǤǤǡ ʹͲͳʹǡ ʹͲͳʹǡǡ ǤǡǡǤǡǤǡ ǣ ǡǤǡǦǡǤǡ ǡǤ ǡǤͳǡǤͺͷǦͳͳ͵Ǥ ǡǡǤͷͳȂͷʹǢ ǤǡǡǤǤǡͳͻͻͳǡ ǣ ͵Ǥ ǡǤǤʹͲͳʹǡ ǤǡǤ ǡǤͳǡ ǡǤ Ǥǡ ǡǤǤǡʹͲͲʹǡ Ȁ ǤͳͻͲǤ ǣ ǡ ǣ ǡǤ ͶǤǡǤ ǤǡǡǤǡ ǡ ǤǤǡǡǤǡ ǣǡǤͳͶǡǤ͵ǡǤͳʹͻȂͳͷͷǤ ͳͻǡǤͻǡǤͺǦͺͳǢǡ ǤǡǡǤǡ ʹͲͳͶǡ Ǧ ͳ͵Ǥ ǡ ǤǤǡʹͲͲǡ ǡǤ ǤǤǡǡǤǡ ǡǤǤǡ Ǣ ǣ ǡǤǤǡǡǤǡǡǤǡǡ Ǥǡ Ǧ Ǧ Ǥ ͳͻͻʹǡǦǡǦ ǣ ǡǤ͵͵ǡǤͷǡǤͺʹͶǦͺͶͻǤ ǡǤ͵ͳǡǤͳͶͲǡǤͻͲ͵ǦͻͳͷǤ Ǧ ͷǤǡǤǡʹͲͳͲǡ ͳͶǤǡǤǡ ǡ Ǥ ǤǡǡǤǡǡǤǡ ǣ ǡǤʹͲǡǤʹǡǤͻͻǦͳͲ͵Ǣǡ ǡǤǡǡǤǤǡǡǤ Ǥǡ ǤǤǡǡ ǤǡǡǤǤǡǡǤǡǡǤ ǣ ǡǤ ʹͲͳͲǡ Ǣ ǤǡǡǤǡǡǤǡǡ Ǥ Ǥǡǡ ʹͻǡǤͶ͵ͶǦͶͶʹǤ ǡ ǡ ǡ Ǥǡ ǡǤǤǡ ǡǤǡǡǤǡʹͲͳͻǡ Ǥ òǡǤ Ǥǡͳͻͺ͵ǡǡ ǣ ǡǤ Ǥǡ ǡͳͻǤǢ ǡǤ ǡǣ ǡǤǡ ǡǤǡǡǤǡǡ Ǥǡǡ ͳͲͷǡǤ͵ǡǤͶǦͷͲͺǤ ǡǤͳͳǡǤͳǡǤ ǤǡǡǤǡǡ Ǥ ǤǡǡǤǡǡǤǡ ͳͷǤǡǤ ǤǡʹͲͲ͵ǡǣ ͺͳͻͲǤ ǡ Ǥ Ǥǡ ǡǤǡ ǡ Ǥ Ǥǡ ǡǤǡ ǡ ǡ ǤǡǤǡ ǡ ǤǡʹͲͳͶǡ ǡǤǤǡ ǡǤǡǡǤ ǤǤǡǡ Ǥ Ǥ Ǥǡ ǡʹǤ ǤǡʹͲͳͶǡǢ ͳǤ ǡǤǤǡǡǤǡʹͲͲͻǡ ǣ ǡǡǡͷͷͳǤ ǣ Ǧ ǡǤ͵ͷʹǡǤʹͷǦͷͺǤ ǡǤͷͲͷǡǤ͵ͲͳǦ͵ͳǤ ǤÚǡǤǤǤǡǡǤǤǡǡǤ Ǥǡǡ Phanerozoic (Panel 3) ͺǤ ǡǤǤǡǡǤǡǡǤǡǡǤǡ Ǥ ǤǡǡǤǤǡʹͲͳ͵ǡ ǡǤǤǡǡǤǡǡǤ Ǥǡǡ Ǥǡ Ǧ ͳǤ ǡ Ǥǡǡ Ǥ Ǥǡ ǡǤǡǡ ǤǡʹͲͳʹǡ ǡǤǡ ǡǤǤǡʹͲͳͷǡ ǣ ʹͲͳʹǡǡǤ ͶǣͳͶͺǤ ʹǤ ǡǤǤǡǡǤǡʹͲͲͻǡ ǣ ǡǡǡͷͷͳǤ ǡǤͳʹǡǤͳͳȀͳʹǡǤͳͷͲǦͳͷʹͲǤ ͵Ǥǡ Ǥ Ǥǡ Ǥǡͳͻͻǡǣǡǡ ͻǤ Pliocene-Pleistocene (Panel 5) ǣ ǡǤͳǡǤͶǡǤ ǡ ͷ͵͵Ǧͷ͵ͻǤ ǡ ͳǤǡǤǡǡǤǡǡǤǡʹͲͲͻǡ ͶǤǡǤǡ ǡǤǤǤǡǡ Ǥǡ ǡǤǡǡ ȋǤǤǡ Ǧ ǤǤǡǡǤǤǡʹͲͲͻǡ ǣȀȀǤ ǤȀȀ ǣ Ǧ ȋ ȌǢ ǣ ̴̴ǤȌǤ ǣ ǡ ǡ ǡǤͶͷʹǡǤͳǦͳͷǤ ǫǣ ǡǤͳͻǡǤͶǦͷǡǤͶǦͳͲǤ Cenozoic (Panel 4) ʹǤ ǡǤǤǡǡǤǤǡʹͲͲͷǡ Ǧ ͷǤǡǤǡʹͲͲͺǡǣ ͷǦ ͵ǤͷǦǦǡ ͳǤ ǡ Ǥǡǡ Ǥ Ǥǡ ǡǤǤǡǡ ǤǤǡ μͳͺ ǣ ǡǤʹͲǡǤͳǡǤͳ ǡ ǡʹͶͲǤ ʹͲͳʹǡ ʹͲͳʹǡǡ Ǥ Ǥ ͵Ǥǡ Ǥ ǤǡʹͲͳʹǡ ǡin ͵ͳ ǡ ǤǤǡǡ Ǥ Ǥǡ ǡǤǤǡǡ Ǥ ͶǤǡǤǤǡǡǤǡͳͻͻʹǡ ǡ͵ͲǤ ǤǡǤǡ ʹͲͳʹǡͳǣ ͷǤ ǡǤǤǡǡǤǤǡǡ Ǥ ǤǡʹͲͳʹǡ ǡǡǤͺͷǦͳͳ͵Ǥ ǦǣǡǤ͵ͷͻǡǤ͵ͻͲǡǤͷͲȂͷʹǤ ͶǤǡǤǡǡǤǡͳͻͺͳǡ ͷǤǡǤǡǡǤ Ǥǡ ǡǤǡʹͲͳͷǡͶ ǣ ǣ ͷǦǫ ǡǤ͵ͳǡǤǦͺͳǤ ǡǤͻǡǤ͵ͻʹǦ͵ͻǤ ǣ Ǥǡ Ǥ Ǥǡͳͻʹ͵ǡ ͷǤ¡¡ǡǤǡʹͲͳͶǡǣ ǡǤʹͲͳͷǡǤ ͷͳǦ͵Ͳ͵ͲǤ ǣ ǡǤ͵ͳǡǤͳǦ ǡǡ ǡʹͷǤ Ǥǡ ǤǤǡʹͲͲǡ ͶͻǤ ǤǡǤǤǡʹͲͲͻǡ ǣ ǡin ǡ ǤǤǤǡ ǡǤǡǡ Ǥǡ ǤǡǤǤǡʹͲͲʹǡǣ ǡ ǡ±ǣ Ǥǡ ǣǡ ǤʹͻͷǡǤͷͷͶǡǤʹ͵ͻǦʹ͵ͺͲǤ ǡǤͷͶǡǤ͵͵ͷǦ͵ͶͶǤ ǦǡǤͳͻͷǦͳͳͷǡ ǤͳʹǤͶǤ ͺǤ¡¡ǡǤǡʹͲͳͶǡǣ Ǥ ǡǤǤǡǡǤǤǡͳͻͺͳǡ ǡ Ǥǡ ǤǤǡǡǤǡǡǤǡ ǡǡ ǡʹͷǤ ǡǡ ʹͲͲǡ ǡ ͻǤǡǤǡǡǤǡǡǤ ǤǡǡǤǤǡ ǡͶͲͻǤ ǡǡǤǡǡǤǡʹͲͲͶǡ ͺǤǡǤǤǡǡǤǡǡǤǡ ǦǡǤǡ ǡ ǣ Ǧ ǡǤǤǡǡ Ǥǡ ǡ ǤǡʹͲͲͻǡ ǡǤͷͲǡǤʹǡǤͳͳͷǦͳͶͳǤ ǡ ǣǡǤͶ͵ͳǡǤ Ardipithecus ramidus ͺǤǡǤǡʹͲͳǡǡ ͲͳʹǡǤͳͲͷͷǦͳͲͳǤ ǣ ǡǤ͵ʹǡǤͶǡͷǦͺǤ ǡǤǤǡʹͷǤǡǤͺǤ ͳͲǤǡǤǤǤǡͳͻͲʹȂͳͻͲ͵ǡ ͻǤǡǤ ǤǡǦǡǤǤǡͳͻͺͶǡ ͻǤ ǡǤǡͳͻͻͻǡ ǡǡǣ Ó ǡǡ ǣ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ ǡ͵ͶǤ ǤͳǡǤͶͻͺȂͷͲͲǤ ǢǡǤǡʹͲͳǡ ͳͲǤǡǤǡǡǤǡʹͲͳͳǡ ͳͳǤǡǤǡ ǡǤǤǡǡǤ Ǥǡǡ ǡǡǤǤǡʹͷǤǤͺǤ ǣ ǤǤǡ ǡǡǤǤǡǡǤǡǡǤ ͳͲǤǡǤǡʹͲͳǡǡ ǡǤ ǤǡǡǤǡǡǤǡǡ ǤǦǤǡǡǤǡǡ ǡǤǤǡʹͷǤǤͻǤ ͳͲͺǡǤͳ͵ǡǤͷʹͲͻǦͷʹͳͶǤ ǤǤǡǡǤǤǡǡ Ǥ ǤǤǡǡ ͳͳǤ ǡǤǤǡǡǤǡͳͻͻ͵ǡ ǤǤǡ òǡǤǡǡǤǡǡǤǡ ǡǤǤǡ ǡǡ ǡ͵ͷʹǤ Homo sapiens Out of Africa (Panel 7) ǡǤ ǤǡʹͲͳǡ ͳʹǤǡǤǡǡǤǡʹͲͳͳǡ Homo floresiensis ǣ ͳǤ Ǥ ǡǤ ǤǡǡǡǤǡʹͲͳʹǡ ǣǡǤͷ͵ʹǡǤͷͻͻǡǤ͵Ǧ͵ͻǤ ǡǤ ǡin ǡ ǤǤǡǡ Ǥ Ǥǡ ͳʹǤ ǣǡǤǡʹͲͲǡ ǡ ͳͲͺǡǤͳ͵ǡǤͷʹͲͻǦͷʹͳͶǤ ǡǤǤǡǡ ǤǤǡǤǡ ǡ ǡʹͶǤ ʹͲͳʹǡʹǣǡǡǤ ͳ͵ǤǡǤǡǤǡ Bruhnes Normal and Ice Age (Panel 6) ͳͲ͵͵ǦͳͲͶͲǤ Ǧ ʹǤǡǤǡ ǡǤǤǡʹͲͲͲǡ ʹ ǣ ͳǤ ǡǤǤǡǡǤǤǡʹͲͲͷǡ Ǧ ǣ ǡǤͷ͵ǡǤ͵ǡǤ ǡǤʹǡǤǡǤͺʹǦͺ͵͵Ǥ ͷ ʹǦʹͺͶǢ ͳͶǤǡǤǡǡǤǡʹͲͳͳǡ ͳͺ ǣ ǡǤʹͲǡǤͳǡǤ ǣȀȀǤǤȀȀȀʹ̴ʹ ǣ ͳǤ ͲǤ ǡǤ ʹǤ ǡǤǤǡǡǤǤǡʹͲͲͷǡǤ Ǥǡ͵Ǥ ͵Ǥ ǡǤǤǡʹͲͲͶǡ ǣ ͳͲͺǡǤͳ͵ǡǤͷʹͲͻǦͷʹͳͶǤ ͵Ǥ ǡǤ ǤǡǡǤǤǡʹͲͲǡ ͳͷǤǡǤǡ ǡǤǡʹͲͲǡ ǣ ǡin ǡ ǤǤǤǡ ǡǤǡ ǡǤͶʹǡǤͳǤ ǡ ǤǡǤǡ Ǣ ǣ ͶǤǡǤǤǡͳͻͺͳǡ ǣ ǣǡǦǡǤ ǡǤʹͶͻǡǤ͵ǦͶǡǤ ȋ ͳͻͶ͵Ǧͳͻ͵Ǥ ͵ʹǦ͵͵ǡͳǤ ǡǤͷͷȌǣǡǡǡ ͵ʹ ǣȀȀǤ ǤȀȀȀ ǤǤͳǡǤʹǦͳͷǤ ȀȀ̴Ǥ ͵Ǥ ǡǤǤǡǡǤǡʹͲͲͻǡ ͳͻͶͲͳͻͷͲ ǡǡǡͷͷͳǤ ͳͻͷͲǡ ͶǤ ǡǤ ǤǡǤͳͲǤ Civilization and Writing (Panel 8) Ǥ ͷǤǡǤǡǡǤǡ Ǧ ǡǤǡ ǡǤǡʹͲͳͷǡ ͳǤǡǤǡǡǤǤǡʹͲͲͺǡ Cold War/Long Peace (Panel 10) ǣ ǡǡ ǡǤͶͷͲǡ Ǥ ͳǤ ǤʹǡǤͳͺǦͳͻͺǤ ʹǤ ǡǤǡ ǡǤǡͳͻͺǡ ͳͻͲͲʹͲͳͷǡ Ǥ ǡǤǤ ǤǢǡǤǡǡǤǡ ǡǡȀǡ ǡ ǡǤǡʹͲͲͻǡǦ ͵ͺǤ ǣȀȀ ǤǤȀȀ ǣ ̴ ǣ Ǧ ͵Ǥ ǡǤǡͳͻǡ ̴ͺ̴̴ ̴ͳͻͲͲǤȋ ǣ ǡǡǡǤʹͲǦͶ͵Ǥ ǡ ǡǤͶͷʹǡǤͳǦͳͷǤ ͶǤǡǤǡͳͻͻ͵ǡǣ ǤͳʹͲͲǤǤǡ ͳͻͲͲǤȌ Millenium’s End (Panel 12) ǡ ǡʹͷʹǤ ʹǤ ͷǤǡǤǡʹͲͲͺǡ ǣǡ ǡ ͶιͷǤͺǯǡͶιͷͶǤ͵ǯǤ ͳǤǡǤǤǡʹͲͳǡǣ ǡ ǡ ǡ ͵Ǥ ǡǤǤǡ͵ͶǤ ǡ͵ͲͻǤ ȋǣȀȀǤǤȀȀȀ ʹǤ ǡ ȀǤȌ ǡǤǡʹͲͳǡǡ Last 600 Years – Global Reconnection (Panel 9) ͳͻͺͲǡ͵Ͷ Ǧ ǡǤǤǡǤͳͲǡ ͳͻͻͲʹͲͳͷǤ Ǥ ͳǤ ǡ ǤǡǡǤǡʹͲͳͳǡ ͵Ǥǡ ǤǤǡͳͻͻͺǡǡǡ Sunset of the Millenium (Panel 11) ǡ͵ͲͺǤ ǣ ǡǤ ͶǤ ǡ Ǥǡͳͻͺǡǣ ǡ ͳʹ͵ǡǤǦͺǡǤͳʹͳͻǦͳʹ͵͵Ǥ ͳǤ ǡǤǡʹͲͲǡǣ ǡǡ͵ͷʹǤ ʹǤ ʹǤǤ ǡ ǡ ͷǤ ǡǤ Ǥǡͳͻͺǡ̵ǡ̵ ǣ ǣ ǡǤʹǤ ǡ ǣȀȀǤ ǤȀȀ ʹǤ ǡ Ǥǡǡ Ǥ Ǥǡ ǡǤǤǡǡ ǤǤǡ ǡǤǡ ǡʹʹʹǤ ȀȀȀ̴ǤǢ ʹͲͳʹǡ ʹͲͳʹǡǡ
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