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To give your friend a sense of time, you decide to describe the age of the...

To give your friend a sense of time, you decide to describe the age of the universe in terms of one year, from January 1 to December 31. List the important dates that you would mention and why you consider them to be noteworthy. What would you say to your friend to convey the idea of the Big Picture?

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COSMIC EVOLUTION

1st jan - Big Bang

16th of march - formation of Milky Way Galaxcy

2nd september - Formation of solar system.\

EVOLUTION OF LIFE

21st september - First Life ( Prokaryotes)

29th October - Oxygenation of Atmosphere

5 december - first multicellular life

7 december - simple animals

17 december - fish

20 december - Land plants

21 december - insects and seeds

25 december - dinosaurs

26 december - mammals

27 december - birds

28 december - flowers

30 december , 06.24 AM - Mass Extinction of dinasaurs

HUMAN EVOLUTION

31 december , 6.05 AM - Apes

10.24 PM - Primitive hmans and stone toools

11;44 PM - Domestication of fire

11;52 PM - Anatomically modern humans

11;55 PM Beginning of most recent glacial period

11:58 PM sculpture and painting

11:59:32 PM - Agriculture

HISTORY BEGINS

31 dec, 11:59: 33 PM - End of ice age

11:59:48 PM - First Dynasty of Egypt

11:59:54 PM - Buddha , Mahavira, Archimedean Physics

11:59:58 - Maratha Empire, Mongol Empire, Europne

11 59:59 - Modern History.

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