TIME | EVENT DESCRIPTION | LOCATION | IMAGES |
UNIVERSE | |||
1,000,000,000,000 YBN | 1) We are a tiny part of a universe that is made of an infinite amount of space, matter and time. |
[1] note Hubble_ultra_deep_field_high_rez_edit1 is much larger [2] Hubble ultra deep field high rez edit1_small.jpg Deutsch: Das Hubble Ultra Deep Field ist ein Bild einer kleinen Himmelsregion aufgenommen vom Hubble-Weltraumteleskop über einen Zeitraum vom 3. September 2003 bis 16. Januar 2004. Dabei wurde eine Himmelsregion ausgewählt, die kaum störende helle Sterne im Vordergrund enthält. Man entschied sich für ein Zielgebiet südwestlich von Orion im Sternbild Chemischer Ofen. English: The Hubble Ultra Deep Field, is an image of a small region of space in the constellation Fornax, composited from Hubble Space Telescope data accumulated over a period from September 3, 2003 through January 16, 2004. The patch of sky in which the galaxies reside was chosen because it had a low density of bright stars in the near-field. Español: El Campo Ultra Profundo del Hubble, es una imagen de una pequeña región del espacio en la constelación Fornax, compuesta de datos obtenidos por el telescopio espacial Hubble durante el período entre el 3 de Septiembre de 2003 y el 16 de Enero de 2004. Esta parte del cielo fue escogida por su baja densidad de estrellas brillantes en sus proximidades. Français : Le champ ultra profond de Hubble, une image d'une petite portion du ciel dans la constellation du Fourneau, prise par le télescope spatial Hubble du 3 septembre 2003 au 16 juillet 2004. La portion de ciel a été choisie car elle possède peu d'étoiles brillantes proches. Date 2003-09-03 - 2004-01-16 Source http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/ar chive/releases/2004/07/image/a/warn/ Au thor NASA and the European Space Agency. Edited by Noodle snacks PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/0/0d/Hubble_ultra_deep_fie ld_high_rez_edit1.jpg | |
990,000,000,000 YBN | 2) There is more space than matter. |
[1] note Hubble_ultra_deep_field_high_rez_edit1 is much larger [2] Hubble ultra deep field high rez edit1_small.jpg Deutsch: Das Hubble Ultra Deep Field ist ein Bild einer kleinen Himmelsregion aufgenommen vom Hubble-Weltraumteleskop über einen Zeitraum vom 3. September 2003 bis 16. Januar 2004. Dabei wurde eine Himmelsregion ausgewählt, die kaum störende helle Sterne im Vordergrund enthält. Man entschied sich für ein Zielgebiet südwestlich von Orion im Sternbild Chemischer Ofen. English: The Hubble Ultra Deep Field, is an image of a small region of space in the constellation Fornax, composited from Hubble Space Telescope data accumulated over a period from September 3, 2003 through January 16, 2004. The patch of sky in which the galaxies reside was chosen because it had a low density of bright stars in the near-field. Español: El Campo Ultra Profundo del Hubble, es una imagen de una pequeña región del espacio en la constelación Fornax, compuesta de datos obtenidos por el telescopio espacial Hubble durante el período entre el 3 de Septiembre de 2003 y el 16 de Enero de 2004. Esta parte del cielo fue escogida por su baja densidad de estrellas brillantes en sus proximidades. Français : Le champ ultra profond de Hubble, une image d'une petite portion du ciel dans la constellation du Fourneau, prise par le télescope spatial Hubble du 3 septembre 2003 au 16 juillet 2004. La portion de ciel a été choisie car elle possède peu d'étoiles brillantes proches. Date 2003-09-03 - 2004-01-16 Source http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/ar chive/releases/2004/07/image/a/warn/ Au thor NASA and the European Space Agency. Edited by Noodle snacks PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/0/0d/Hubble_ultra_deep_fie ld_high_rez_edit1.jpg | |
980,000,000,000 YBN | 3) All matter is made of particles of light. Light particles are the base unit of all matter from the tiniest particles to the largest galaxies. In this sense light particles are the most basic atoms. The basic order of matter from smaller to larger is light particles, electrons and positrons, muons, protons and antiprotons, atoms, molecules, living objects, planets, stars, globular clusters, galaxies, and then galactic clusters. |
[1] note Hubble_ultra_deep_field_high_rez_edit1 is much larger [2] Hubble ultra deep field high rez edit1_small.jpg Deutsch: Das Hubble Ultra Deep Field ist ein Bild einer kleinen Himmelsregion aufgenommen vom Hubble-Weltraumteleskop über einen Zeitraum vom 3. September 2003 bis 16. Januar 2004. Dabei wurde eine Himmelsregion ausgewählt, die kaum störende helle Sterne im Vordergrund enthält. Man entschied sich für ein Zielgebiet südwestlich von Orion im Sternbild Chemischer Ofen. English: The Hubble Ultra Deep Field, is an image of a small region of space in the constellation Fornax, composited from Hubble Space Telescope data accumulated over a period from September 3, 2003 through January 16, 2004. The patch of sky in which the galaxies reside was chosen because it had a low density of bright stars in the near-field. Español: El Campo Ultra Profundo del Hubble, es una imagen de una pequeña región del espacio en la constelación Fornax, compuesta de datos obtenidos por el telescopio espacial Hubble durante el período entre el 3 de Septiembre de 2003 y el 16 de Enero de 2004. Esta parte del cielo fue escogida por su baja densidad de estrellas brillantes en sus proximidades. Français : Le champ ultra profond de Hubble, une image d'une petite portion du ciel dans la constellation du Fourneau, prise par le télescope spatial Hubble du 3 septembre 2003 au 16 juillet 2004. La portion de ciel a été choisie car elle possède peu d'étoiles brillantes proches. Date 2003-09-03 - 2004-01-16 Source http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/ar chive/releases/2004/07/image/a/warn/ Au thor NASA and the European Space Agency. Edited by Noodle snacks PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/0/0d/Hubble_ultra_deep_fie ld_high_rez_edit1.jpg | |
970,000,000,000 YBN | 11) The universe has no start or end. The same light particles that have always been, continue to move in the space that has always been. |
[1] note Hubble_ultra_deep_field_high_rez_edit1 is much larger [2] Hubble ultra deep field high rez edit1_small.jpg Deutsch: Das Hubble Ultra Deep Field ist ein Bild einer kleinen Himmelsregion aufgenommen vom Hubble-Weltraumteleskop über einen Zeitraum vom 3. September 2003 bis 16. Januar 2004. Dabei wurde eine Himmelsregion ausgewählt, die kaum störende helle Sterne im Vordergrund enthält. Man entschied sich für ein Zielgebiet südwestlich von Orion im Sternbild Chemischer Ofen. English: The Hubble Ultra Deep Field, is an image of a small region of space in the constellation Fornax, composited from Hubble Space Telescope data accumulated over a period from September 3, 2003 through January 16, 2004. The patch of sky in which the galaxies reside was chosen because it had a low density of bright stars in the near-field. Español: El Campo Ultra Profundo del Hubble, es una imagen de una pequeña región del espacio en la constelación Fornax, compuesta de datos obtenidos por el telescopio espacial Hubble durante el período entre el 3 de Septiembre de 2003 y el 16 de Enero de 2004. Esta parte del cielo fue escogida por su baja densidad de estrellas brillantes en sus proximidades. Français : Le champ ultra profond de Hubble, une image d'une petite portion du ciel dans la constellation du Fourneau, prise par le télescope spatial Hubble du 3 septembre 2003 au 16 juillet 2004. La portion de ciel a été choisie car elle possède peu d'étoiles brillantes proches. Date 2003-09-03 - 2004-01-16 Source http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/ar chive/releases/2004/07/image/a/warn/ Au thor NASA and the European Space Agency. Edited by Noodle snacks PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/0/0d/Hubble_ultra_deep_fie ld_high_rez_edit1.jpg | |
960,000,000,001 YBN | 5) Matter and motion can never be created or destroyed. Matter can never be converted into motion, and motion can never be converted into matter. |
[1] note Hubble_ultra_deep_field_high_rez_edit1 is much larger [2] Hubble ultra deep field high rez edit1_small.jpg Deutsch: Das Hubble Ultra Deep Field ist ein Bild einer kleinen Himmelsregion aufgenommen vom Hubble-Weltraumteleskop über einen Zeitraum vom 3. September 2003 bis 16. Januar 2004. Dabei wurde eine Himmelsregion ausgewählt, die kaum störende helle Sterne im Vordergrund enthält. Man entschied sich für ein Zielgebiet südwestlich von Orion im Sternbild Chemischer Ofen. English: The Hubble Ultra Deep Field, is an image of a small region of space in the constellation Fornax, composited from Hubble Space Telescope data accumulated over a period from September 3, 2003 through January 16, 2004. The patch of sky in which the galaxies reside was chosen because it had a low density of bright stars in the near-field. Español: El Campo Ultra Profundo del Hubble, es una imagen de una pequeña región del espacio en la constelación Fornax, compuesta de datos obtenidos por el telescopio espacial Hubble durante el período entre el 3 de Septiembre de 2003 y el 16 de Enero de 2004. Esta parte del cielo fue escogida por su baja densidad de estrellas brillantes en sus proximidades. Français : Le champ ultra profond de Hubble, une image d'une petite portion du ciel dans la constellation du Fourneau, prise par le télescope spatial Hubble du 3 septembre 2003 au 16 juillet 2004. La portion de ciel a été choisie car elle possède peu d'étoiles brillantes proches. Date 2003-09-03 - 2004-01-16 Source http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/ar chive/releases/2004/07/image/a/warn/ Au thor NASA and the European Space Agency. Edited by Noodle snacks PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/0/0d/Hubble_ultra_deep_fie ld_high_rez_edit1.jpg | |
950,000,000,000 YBN | 6) Light particles become trapped with each other and so form structures such as protons, atoms, molecules, planets, stars, galaxies, and clusters of galaxies. This accumulation of light particles into atoms may be the result of particle collision, gravitation, or a combination of both. |
[1] note Hubble_ultra_deep_field_high_rez_edit1 is much larger [2] Hubble ultra deep field high rez edit1_small.jpg Deutsch: Das Hubble Ultra Deep Field ist ein Bild einer kleinen Himmelsregion aufgenommen vom Hubble-Weltraumteleskop über einen Zeitraum vom 3. September 2003 bis 16. Januar 2004. Dabei wurde eine Himmelsregion ausgewählt, die kaum störende helle Sterne im Vordergrund enthält. Man entschied sich für ein Zielgebiet südwestlich von Orion im Sternbild Chemischer Ofen. English: The Hubble Ultra Deep Field, is an image of a small region of space in the constellation Fornax, composited from Hubble Space Telescope data accumulated over a period from September 3, 2003 through January 16, 2004. The patch of sky in which the galaxies reside was chosen because it had a low density of bright stars in the near-field. Español: El Campo Ultra Profundo del Hubble, es una imagen de una pequeña región del espacio en la constelación Fornax, compuesta de datos obtenidos por el telescopio espacial Hubble durante el período entre el 3 de Septiembre de 2003 y el 16 de Enero de 2004. Esta parte del cielo fue escogida por su baja densidad de estrellas brillantes en sus proximidades. Français : Le champ ultra profond de Hubble, une image d'une petite portion du ciel dans la constellation du Fourneau, prise par le télescope spatial Hubble du 3 septembre 2003 au 16 juillet 2004. La portion de ciel a été choisie car elle possède peu d'étoiles brillantes proches. Date 2003-09-03 - 2004-01-16 Source http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/ar chive/releases/2004/07/image/a/warn/ Au thor NASA and the European Space Agency. Edited by Noodle snacks PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/0/0d/Hubble_ultra_deep_fie ld_high_rez_edit1.jpg | |
940,000,000,000 YBN | 7) All of the billions of galaxies we see are only a tiny part of the universe. We will never see most of the universe because no light particles from there can ever reach us. Most galaxies are too far away for even one particle of light they emit to be going in the exact direction of our tiny location, and all the light particles they emit are captured by atoms in between there and here. |
[1] note Hubble_ultra_deep_field_high_rez_edit1 is much larger [2] Hubble ultra deep field high rez edit1_small.jpg Deutsch: Das Hubble Ultra Deep Field ist ein Bild einer kleinen Himmelsregion aufgenommen vom Hubble-Weltraumteleskop über einen Zeitraum vom 3. September 2003 bis 16. Januar 2004. Dabei wurde eine Himmelsregion ausgewählt, die kaum störende helle Sterne im Vordergrund enthält. Man entschied sich für ein Zielgebiet südwestlich von Orion im Sternbild Chemischer Ofen. English: The Hubble Ultra Deep Field, is an image of a small region of space in the constellation Fornax, composited from Hubble Space Telescope data accumulated over a period from September 3, 2003 through January 16, 2004. The patch of sky in which the galaxies reside was chosen because it had a low density of bright stars in the near-field. Español: El Campo Ultra Profundo del Hubble, es una imagen de una pequeña región del espacio en la constelación Fornax, compuesta de datos obtenidos por el telescopio espacial Hubble durante el período entre el 3 de Septiembre de 2003 y el 16 de Enero de 2004. Esta parte del cielo fue escogida por su baja densidad de estrellas brillantes en sus proximidades. Français : Le champ ultra profond de Hubble, une image d'une petite portion du ciel dans la constellation du Fourneau, prise par le télescope spatial Hubble du 3 septembre 2003 au 16 juillet 2004. La portion de ciel a été choisie car elle possède peu d'étoiles brillantes proches. Date 2003-09-03 - 2004-01-16 Source http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/ar chive/releases/2004/07/image/a/warn/ Au thor NASA and the European Space Agency. Edited by Noodle snacks PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/0/0d/Hubble_ultra_deep_fie ld_high_rez_edit1.jpg | |
935,000,000,000 YBN | 4) There is a pattern in the universe. Light particles move from highly dense volumes of space to volumes of less density. In low density volumes, light particles slowly accumulate to form atoms of Hydrogen and Helium which exist as gas clouds (like the Magellanic Clouds or Orion nebula). These gas clouds, called nebulae continue to accumulate trapped light particles. At points of high density planets and stars form and the cloud is eventually dense enough to become a galaxy of stars. The stars emit light particles back out to the rest of the universe, where the light again becomes trapped and forms new clouds. Around each star are many planets and pieces of matter. On many of the planets rotating around stars, living objects evolve that can copy themselves by converting matter around them into more of them. Living objects need matter to replace matter lost from the constant emitting of light particles (decay). Like bacteria, these living objects grow in number, with the most successful organisms occupying and moving around many stars. These advanced organisms then move the groups of stars they control, as a globular cluster, away from the plane of the spiral galaxy. As time continues, all of the stars of a galaxy are occupied by living objects who have organized their stars into globular clusters. These globular clusters together form an elliptical galaxy, and then finally a globular galaxy. The globular galaxy may then exist for a long time living off the matter in stars, in addition to matter from external sources. So free light particles are trapped into volumes of space that grow in density first forming atoms, then gas clouds, then stars, a spiral galaxy, an elliptical galaxy, and finally a globular galaxy. Globular galaxies at our scale may be light particles at a much larger scale, just as light particles at our scale may be globular galaxies at a much smaller scale. This system may go on infinitely in both larger and smaller scale. |
[1] note Hubble_ultra_deep_field_high_rez_edit1 is much larger Hubble ultra deep field high rez edit1_small.jpg Deutsch: Das Hubble Ultra Deep Field ist ein Bild einer kleinen Himmelsregion aufgenommen vom Hubble-Weltraumteleskop über einen Zeitraum vom 3. September 2003 bis 16. Januar 2004. Dabei wurde eine Himmelsregion ausgewählt, die kaum störende helle Sterne im Vordergrund enthält. Man entschied sich für ein Zielgebiet südwestlich von Orion im Sternbild Chemischer Ofen. English: The Hubble Ultra Deep Field, is an image of a small region of space in the constellation Fornax, composited from Hubble Space Telescope data accumulated over a period from September 3, 2003 through January 16, 2004. The patch of sky in which the galaxies reside was chosen because it had a low density of bright stars in the near-field. Español: El Campo Ultra Profundo del Hubble, es una imagen de una pequeña región del espacio en la constelación Fornax, compuesta de datos obtenidos por el telescopio espacial Hubble durante el período entre el 3 de Septiembre de 2003 y el 16 de Enero de 2004. Esta parte del cielo fue escogida por su baja densidad de estrellas brillantes en sus proximidades. Français : Le champ ultra profond de Hubble, une image d'une petite portion du ciel dans la constellation du Fourneau, prise par le télescope spatial Hubble du 3 septembre 2003 au 16 juillet 2004. La portion de ciel a été choisie car elle possède peu d'étoiles brillantes proches. Date 2003-09-03 - 2004-01-16 Source http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/ar chive/releases/2004/07/image/a/warn/ Au thor NASA and the European Space Agency. Edited by Noodle snacks PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/0/0d/Hubble_ultra_deep_fie ld_high_rez_edit1.jpg [2] LDN 1622: Dark Nebula in Orion Data: Digitized Sky Survey (POSS-II), Color Composite: Noel Carboni Explanation: The silhouette of an intriguing dark nebula inhabits this cosmic scene, based on images from the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey. Lynds' Dark Nebula (LDN) 1622 appears against a faint background of glowing hydrogen gas only easily seen in long telescopic exposures of the region. LDN 1622 lies near the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy, close on the sky to Barnard's Loop - a large cloud surrounding the rich complex of emission nebulae found in the Belt and Sword of Orion. But the obscuring dust of LDN 1622 is thought to be much closer than Orion's more famous nebulae, perhaps only 500 light-years away. At that distance, this 1 degree wide field of view would span less than 10 light-years. PD source: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/ 0705/ldn1622_carboni.jpg | |
930,000,000,000 YBN | 8) An expanding universe seems unlikely to me. The supposed red-shifted calcium absorption lines may be a mistaken observation, for one reason because spectrum size changes the position of spectral lines (as clearly shown in the 1936 Humason photo), and because the distance of a light source changes the position, but not the frequency of spectral lines. |
[1] Image of a spectral line shift from a close and distant fluorescent lamp. GNU source: Ted Huntington [2] The simple trigonometry that shows that two light sources at different distances cannot achieve the same angle at the same location on a horizontal diffraction grating. GNU source: Ted Huntington | |
LIFE | |||
165,000,000,000 YBN | 13) The Milky Way Nebula starts to form. Galaxies may form from accumulation of light particles or from the collision of two or more galaxies. |
[1] Description This image is mosaic of multiple shots on large-format film. It comprises all 360 degrees of the galaxy from our vantage. Photography was done in Ft. Davis, Texas for the Northern hemisphere shots and from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, for the southern portions. Note the dust lanes, which obscure our view of some features beyond them. Infrared imaging reaches into these regions, and radio astronomy can look all the way through with less detail. The very center, however, shows a window to the farther side. In the center, stars are mostly very old and this causes the more yellow color. The final file is 1.5GB, and resolves details of less than one arcminute. Faintest stars are magnitude 11. There are 21 pixels of horizontal overlap at the ends, with the right end slightly brighter than the corresponding pixels on the left. Date Source http://www.digitalskyllc.com (The image was uploaded to en.wiki at 17:16, 21 September 2006 by Twtunes. Author Digital Sky LLC CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/0/0a/Milkyway_pan1.jpg [2] note Hubble_ultra_deep_field_high_rez_edit1 is much larger [2] Hubble ultra deep field high rez edit1_small.jpg Deutsch: Das Hubble Ultra Deep Field ist ein Bild einer kleinen Himmelsregion aufgenommen vom Hubble-Weltraumteleskop über einen Zeitraum vom 3. September 2003 bis 16. Januar 2004. Dabei wurde eine Himmelsregion ausgewählt, die kaum störende helle Sterne im Vordergrund enthält. Man entschied sich für ein Zielgebiet südwestlich von Orion im Sternbild Chemischer Ofen. English: The Hubble Ultra Deep Field, is an image of a small region of space in the constellation Fornax, composited from Hubble Space Telescope data accumulated over a period from September 3, 2003 through January 16, 2004. The patch of sky in which the galaxies reside was chosen because it had a low density of bright stars in the near-field. Español: El Campo Ultra Profundo del Hubble, es una imagen de una pequeña región del espacio en la constelación Fornax, compuesta de datos obtenidos por el telescopio espacial Hubble durante el período entre el 3 de Septiembre de 2003 y el 16 de Enero de 2004. Esta parte del cielo fue escogida por su baja densidad de estrellas brillantes en sus proximidades. Français : Le champ ultra profond de Hubble, une image d'une petite portion du ciel dans la constellation du Fourneau, prise par le télescope spatial Hubble du 3 septembre 2003 au 16 juillet 2004. La portion de ciel a été choisie car elle possède peu d'étoiles brillantes proches. Date 2003-09-03 - 2004-01-16 Source http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/ar chive/releases/2004/07/image/a/warn/ Au thor NASA and the European Space Agency. Edited by Noodle snacks PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/0/0d/Hubble_ultra_deep_fie ld_high_rez_edit1.jpg | |
33,000,000,000 YBN | 6180) The first star in the Milky Way Galaxy forms. Stars may form from the accumulation of matter or from collisions of two or more large bodies. As less collisions occur over time, most smaller objects are absorbed by the larger star and planets. Stars and planets may have centers of densely packed unmoving light particles. Atoms may form in the less dense space near the surface of planets and stars where there are less collisions. |
[1] Description English: M8 Lagoon Nebula in Sagittarius Date 26 June 2009 Source Own work Author Hewholooks CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/2/2f/M8HunterWilson.jpg [2] NGC 7023: The Iris Nebula Credit & Copyright: Daniel López, IAC Explanation: Like delicate cosmic petals, these clouds of interstellar dust and gas have blossomed 1,300 light-years away in the fertile star fields of the constellation Cepheus. Sometimes called the Iris Nebula and dutifully cataloged as NGC 7023, this is not the only nebula in the sky to evoke the imagery of flowers. Still, this beautiful digital image shows off the Iris Nebula's range of colors and symmetries in impressive detail. Within the Iris, dusty nebular material surrounds a hot, young star. The dominant color of the brighter reflection nebula is blue, characteristic of dust grains reflecting starlight. Central filaments of the dusty clouds glow with a faint reddish photoluminesence as some dust grains effectively convert the star's invisible ultraviolet radiation to visible red light. Infrared observations indicate that this nebula may contain complex carbon molecules known as PAHs. As shown here, the bright blue portion of the Iris Nebula is about six light-years across. PD source: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/ 1011/IRIS_IAC80_DLopez900c.jpg | |
22,000,000,000 YBN | 6181) Living objects in the Milky Way Galaxy reach another star using a ship. |
[1] close up of: Description English: M8 Lagoon Nebula in Sagittarius Date 26 June 2009 Source Own work Author Hewholooks CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/2/2f/M8HunterWilson.jpg [2] Description The photograph, taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, captures a small region within M17, a hotbed of star formation. M17, also known as the Omega or Swan Nebula, is located about 5500 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius. The wave-like patterns of gas have been sculpted and illuminated by a torrent of ultraviolet radiation from young, massive stars, which lie outside the picture to the upper left. The glow of these patterns accentuates the three-dimensional structure of the gases. The ultraviolet radiation is carving and heating the surfaces of cold hydrogen gas clouds. The warmed surfaces glow orange and red in this photograph. The intense heat and pressure cause some material to stream away from those surfaces, creating the glowing veil of even hotter greenish gas that masks background structures. The pressure on the tips of the waves may trigger new star formation within them. The image, roughly 3 light-years across, was taken May 29-30, 1999, with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2. The colors in the image represent various gases. Red represents sulfur; green, hydrogen; and blue, oxygen. Date 24 April 2003 Source http://spacetelescope.org/images/html/he ic0305a.html (direct link) http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive /releases/2003/13/image/a/ Author NASA, ESA and J. Hester (ASU) PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/7/72/Omega_Nebula.jpg | |
10,000,000,000 YBN | 6182) The first globular cluster of 100,000 stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. |
[1] Description The globular cluster Omega Centauri — with as many as ten million stars — is seen in all its splendour in this image captured with the WFI camera from ESO's La Silla Observatory. The image shows only the central part of the cluster — about the size of the full moon on the sky (half a degree). North is up, East is to the left. This colour image is a composite of B, V and I filtered images. Note that because WFI is equipped with a mosaic detector, there are two small gaps in the image which were filled with lower quality data from the Digitized Sky Survey. Date 2008 Source http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/ press-rel/pr-2008/phot-44-08.html Autho r ESO CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Omega_Centauri_ by_ESO.jpg/638px-Omega_Centauri_by_ESO.j pg [2] Description This image is mosaic of multiple shots on large-format film. It comprises all 360 degrees of the galaxy from our vantage. Photography was done in Ft. Davis, Texas for the Northern hemisphere shots and from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, for the southern portions. Note the dust lanes, which obscure our view of some features beyond them. Infrared imaging reaches into these regions, and radio astronomy can look all the way through with less detail. The very center, however, shows a window to the farther side. In the center, stars are mostly very old and this causes the more yellow color. The final file is 1.5GB, and resolves details of less than one arcminute. Faintest stars are magnitude 11. There are 21 pixels of horizontal overlap at the ends, with the right end slightly brighter than the corresponding pixels on the left. Date Source http://www.digitalskyllc.com (The image was uploaded to en.wiki at 17:16, 21 September 2006 by Twtunes. Author Digital Sky LLC CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/0/0a/Milkyway_pan1.jpg | |
5,500,000,000 YBN | 16) The star Earth orbits forms. |
[1] Description English: The Sun photographed by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA 304) of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). This is a false color image of the sun observed in the extreme ultraviolet region of the spectrum. For example,similar image Français : Le soleil, photographié depuis le Solar Dynamics Observatory de la NASA. Date 2010-08-19T00:32:21Z (ISO 8601) Source NASA/SDO (AIA). Author NASA/SDO (AIA). PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/The_Sun_by_the_ Atmospheric_Imaging_Assembly_of_NASAs_So lar_Dynamics_Observatory_-_20100819.jpg/ 628px-The_Sun_by_the_Atmospheric_Imaging _Assembly_of_NASAs_Solar_Dynamics_Observ atory_-_20100819.jpg [2] Summary Description The star formation region N11B in the LMC taken by WFPC2 on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Date Source http://www.spacetelescope.org/image s/html/heic0411a.html Author NASA/ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI)/HEIC Permission (Reusing this file) ESA Public Domain, as per http://www.spacetelescope.org/copyright. html PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/6/6c/Heic0411a.jpg | |
5,500,000,000 YBN | 17) Planets form around our star from many collisions. Like the star, they are red hot with liquid rock and metals on the surface. Lighter atoms move to the surface of the planets. Larger planets are surrounded by gas. As the number of collisions decreases, and smaller objects are absorbed by the star and planets, the average temperature of the star system is lowered. As the temperature of the planets and moons decreases, water and other molecules condense at the surface. |
[1] an 19, 2005 � For the past five days, forecasters at the NOAA Space Environment Center in Boulder, Colo., have observed all types of space weather: radio blackouts, solar radiation storms and geomagnetic storms. Currently, space weather forecasters are observing a moderate geomagnetic storm (G-2 on the NOAA Space Weather Scales) and a minor (S-1) solar radiation storm. Earlier Wednesday an X-class flare produced a strong (R-3) radio blackout. (Click image for larger view of the sun taken on Jan. 19, 2005, at 2:19 p.m. EST. Click here for high resolution version, which is a large file. Please credit European Space Agency-NASA.) PD source: http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/sto ries2005/images/sun-soho011905-1919z.jpg [2] This artist’s impression shows the disk of gas and cosmic dust around the young star HD 142527. Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope have seen vast streams of gas flowing across the gap in the disc UNKNOWN source: http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1. 2/kB0xEBWbOe3fUGcRF7Y3RA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld 3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD00MDg7cT03OTt3PTU3NQ--/ http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE. com/Never-Before-Seen_Stage_of_Planet_Bi rth-893372caafae611ec5e71458c2f79fb8 | |
4,600,000,000 YBN | 21) The moon of Earth is captured. |
[1] Image of moon superimposed on Venus PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/d/dd/Full_Moon_Luc_Viatour .jpg [2] an 19, 2005 � For the past five days, forecasters at the NOAA Space Environment Center in Boulder, Colo., have observed all types of space weather: radio blackouts, solar radiation storms and geomagnetic storms. Currently, space weather forecasters are observing a moderate geomagnetic storm (G-2 on the NOAA Space Weather Scales) and a minor (S-1) solar radiation storm. Earlier Wednesday an X-class flare produced a strong (R-3) radio blackout. (Click image for larger view of the sun taken on Jan. 19, 2005, at 2:19 p.m. EST. Click here for high resolution version, which is a large file. Please credit European Space Agency-NASA.) PD source: http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/sto ries2005/images/sun-soho011905-1919z.jpg | |
4,600,000,000 YBN | 30) Planet Earth cools. Molten liquid rock turns into a solid thin crust. Water condenses and falls to the surface, filling the lowest parts of the land to make the first Earth oceans, lakes, and rivers. |
[1] USGS Photo by Tim Orr Pahoehoe lava breaks out of the crust along a flow margin PD source: http://www.nps.gov/havo/parkmgmt /upload/havo_manage_usgs_20080304_tro381 7_x800.jpg [2] English: Ultraviolet image of Venus' clouds as seen by the Pioneer Venus Orbiter (February 26, 1979). The immense C- or Y-shaped features which are visible only in these wavelengths are individually short lived, but reform often enough to be considered a permanent feature of Venus' clouds. The mechanism by which Venus' clouds absorb ultraviolet is not well understood. PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Venuspioneeruv. jpg/953px-Venuspioneeruv.jpg | |
4,600,000,000 YBN | 50) Start of the "Precambrian". The Hadean {HA DEen} Eon. |
[1] Geologic Time Scale 2009 UNKNOWN source: http://www.geosociety.org/scienc e/timescale/timescl.pdf | |
4,571,000,000 YBN | 31) The oldest meteorite yet found on Earth: 4.5 billion years old. |
[1] The ''Zag'' meteorite fell to Earth in 1988 COPYRIGHTED source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/t ech/783048.stm | |
4,530,000,000 YBN | 33) The oldest Moon rock. |
[1] http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/attm/ atmimages/S73-15446.f.jpg http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/attm/ nojs/wl.br.1.html source: | |
4,404,000,000 YBN | 34) The oldest "terrestrial" zircon; evidence that the crust and liquid water are on the surface of Earth. A terrestrial zircon is not from a meteorite. |
[1] http://www.geology.wisc.edu/zircon/Earli est%20Piece/Images/8.jpg source: | |
4,400,000,000 YBN | 18) Larger molecules form on Earth, like amino acids, phosphates, and sugars, the components of living objects. These molecules are made in the oceans, fresh water, and atmosphere of Earth (and other planets) by lightning, from light particles with high frequency from the Sun, and around ocean floor volcanoes. The initial building blocks of living objects are easily formed, but assembling them into longer-chain molecules, or polymers, is more difficult. Amino acids link up to form polymers called proteins, simple fatty acids plus alcohols link up to form lipids (oils and fats), simple sugars like glucose and sucrose link together to form complex carbohydrates and starches, and finally, the nucleotide bases (plus phosphates and sugars) link up to form nucleic acids, the genetic code of organisms, known as RNA and DNA. Possibly all proteins, carbohydrates and lipids are strictly the products of living objects. |
[1] The two optical isomers of alanine, D-Alanine and L-Alanine D-glucose BOTH PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/6/65/D%2BL-Alanine.gif and http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped ia/commons/thumb/5/5a/D-glucose-chain-3D -balls.png/640px-D-glucose-chain-3D-ball s.png | |
4,395,000,000 YBN | 19) Nucleic acids form on Earth. Ribonucleic acid (RNA) may be the first nucleic acid to form. One of these RNA molecules may be the ancestor of all of life on Earth. |
[1] Ribonucleic acid (English pronunciation: /raɪbɵ.njuːˌkleɪ.ɨk ˈæsɪd/), or RNA, is one of the three major macromolecules (along with DNA and proteins) that are essential for all known forms of life. UNKNOWN source: http://dna-rna.net/wp-content/up loads/2011/07/rna.jpg | |
4,385,000,000 YBN | 167) The first proteins on Earth. Transfer RNA molecules evolve (tRNA), and link amino acids into proteins using other RNA molecules ("messenger" or mRNA molecules), as a template. This protein assembly system is the main system responsible for all the proteins on Earth. Part of each tRNA molecule bonds with a specific amino acid, and another part of the tRNA molecule bonds with an opposite matching 3 nucleotide sequence on an mRNA molecule. |
[1] Description English: Illustration of tRNA building peptide chain Date 1 March 2009 Source Own work Author Boumphreyfr CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/0/0f/Peptide_syn.png [2] Source : ''Role of the Ribosome'' University of Texas Medical Branch UNKNOWN source: http://ead.univ-angers.fr/~jaspa rd/Page2/COURS/7RelStructFonction/2Bioch imie/1SyntheseProteines/3Figures/4Organi tes/2Ribosomes/6Polysome.gif | |
4,380,000,000 YBN | 40) A protein can copy RNA. This protein is called an RNA polymerase {PoL-u-mu-rAS}. For the first time, a nucleic acid functions both as a template for building proteins (with the help of tRNA molecules) and also as a template for building other nucleic acid molecules. Eventually an mRNA that codes for the necessary tRNA, and RNA polymerase may be copied many times. |
[1] RNA is a versatile molecule. In its most familiar role, RNA acts as an intermediary, carrying genetic information from the DNA to the machinery of protein synthesis. RNA also plays more active roles, performing many of the catalytic and recognition functions normally reserved for proteins. In fact, most of the RNA in cells is found in ribosomes--our protein-synthesizing machines--and the transfer RNA molecules used to add each new amino acid to growing proteins. In addition, countless small RNA molecules are involved in regulating, processing and disposing of the constant traffic of messenger RNA. The enzyme RNA polymerase carries the weighty responsibility of creating all of these different RNA molecules. The RNA Factory RNA polymerase is a huge factory with many moving parts. The one shown here, from PDB entry 1i6h, is from yeast cells. It is composed of a dozen different proteins. Together, they form a machine that surrounds DNA strands, unwinds them, and builds an RNA strand based on the information held inside the DNA. Once the enzyme gets started, RNA polymerase marches confidently along the DNA copying RNA strands thousands of nucleotides long. Accuracy As you might expect, RNA polymerase needs to be accurate in its copying of genetic information. To improve its accuracy, it performs a simple proofreading step as it builds an RNA strand. The active site is designed to be able to remove nucleotides as well as add them to the growing strand. The enzyme tends to hover around mismatched nucleotides longer than properly added ones, giving the enzyme time to remove them. This process is somewhat wasteful, since proper nucleotides are also occasionally removed, but this is a small price to pay for creating better RNA transcripts. Overall, RNA polymerase makes an error about once in 10,000 nucleotides added, or about once per RNA strand created. Poisoning Polymerase Since RNA polymerase is absolutely essential for the life of the cell, it is a sensitive target for poisons and toxins. The most powerful of these poisons is alpha-amanitin, a small circular peptide created by the death cap mushroom. Eating even one of these mushrooms will lead to coma and death in a manner of days, as the poison attacks RNA polymerase throughout the body. Surprisingly, it binds on the back side of RNA polymerase, away from the active site and away from the binding site for the DNA and RNA. It does not physically block the active site, like most inhibitors, but instead jams the mechanism of the enzyme. RNA polymerase is a highly mobile enzyme, that flexes and changes shape as it performs the sequential steps of binding to DNA, unwinding it, and then building the RNA strand. As seen in PDB entry 1k83, the poison binds between two subunits of the protein, gluing them together and blocking these essential motions. PD source: http://www.pdb.org/pdb/education _discussion/molecule_of_the_month/images /1i6h-composite.gif [2] [t Notice that many RNA molecules are being produced all in sequence, with each RNA molecule getting longer as each protein reaches the end of the DNA molecule.] Micrograph of gene transcription of ribosomal RNA illustrating the growing primary transcripts. ''Begin'' indicates the 5' end of the coding strand of DNA, where new RNA synthesis begins; ''end'' indicates the 3' end, where the primary transcripts are almost complete. This is an alternate version of Image:RibosomaleTranskriptionsEinheit.jp g, original author identified as Dr. Hans-Heinrich Trepte, labeled in German. This version with English labels is from en:Image:Transcription label fromcommons.jpg, by en:UserOpabinia regalis, licensed under GFDL. GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/4/43/Transcription_label_e n.jpg | |
4,370,000,000 YBN | 168) The ribosome evolves. The first Ribosomal RNA (rRNA). The ribosome may function as a protocell, providing a platform for more efficient protein production. A single RNA may contain all the instructions needed to make more ribosomes. All cells contain ribosomes. Ribosomes are the cellular organelles that carry out protein synthesis, through a process called translation. These molecular machines are responsible for accurately translating the linear genetic code on the messenger RNA (mRNA), into a linear sequence of amino acids to produce a protein. |
[1] Description English: Illustration of tRNA building peptide chain Date 1 March 2009 Source Own work Author Boumphreyfr CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/0/0f/Peptide_syn.png [2] Source : ''Role of the Ribosome'' University of Texas Medical Branch UNKNOWN source: http://ead.univ-angers.fr/~jaspa rd/Page2/COURS/7RelStructFonction/2Bioch imie/1SyntheseProteines/3Figures/4Organi tes/2Ribosomes/6Polysome.gif | |
4,365,000,000 YBN | 166) The first Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecule. A protein evolves that allows the assembly of DNA from RNA; a ribonucleotide reductase. This protein changes ribonucleotides into deoxyribonucleotides, which allows the first DNA molecule on Earth to be assembled. |
[1] Description Crystallographic structure of the ribonucleotide reductase protein R1E from Salmonella typhimurium. The protein is rainbow colored (N-terminus = blue, C-terminus = red) while deoxyadenosine triphosphate is show as sticks and a complexed magnesium ion as a grey sphere.[1] ↑ PDB 1PEU; Uppsten M, Färnegårdh M, Jordan A, Eliasson R, Eklund H, Uhlin U (June 2003). ''Structure of the large subunit of class Ib ribonucleotide reductase from Salmonella typhimurium and its complexes with allosteric effectors''. J. Mol. Biol. 330 (1): 87–97. PMID 12818204. Date 28 February 2008 Source Own work Author Boghog2 PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/1PEU_R1E.png/10 24px-1PEU_R1E.png [2] Description English: The reaction mechanism of ribonucleotide reductase Date 14 January 2006 (original upload date) Source Transferred from en.wikipedia; transferred to Commons by User:Michał Sobkowski using CommonsHelper. Author Original uploader was BorisTM at en.wikipedia PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/2/2c/RNR_reaction.png | |
4,360,000,000 YBN | 212) A protein can copy DNA molecules, a DNA polymerase {PoL-u-mu-rAS}. |
[1] A look at DNA replication, with the inset showing a larger and general view. ''Pol'' stands for polymerase, a key enzyme. Note how each enzyme works in a 'biochemical team' to complete the process efficiently COPYRIGHTED source: http://genmed.yolasite.com/resou rces/DNA20replication.jpg [2] Description Diagram of DNA polymerase extending a DNA strand and proof-reading. Date Source Own work Author Madprime GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/6/6f/DNA_polymerase.svg | |
4,360,000,000 YBN | 6409) Transcription. A protein assembles RNA from DNA. |
[1] Transcription: DNA-> RNA In E. coli it is possible to see the strands of RNA transcripts under the electron microscope. Relate the image seen under an electron microscope with the drawing in your book in Figure 13-3. Why do you not see any protein strands coming from the mRNA in the electron microscope image? UNKNOWN source: http://www.utexas.edu/courses/zo o325/13-4.gif [2] RNA is a versatile molecule. In its most familiar role, RNA acts as an intermediary, carrying genetic information from the DNA to the machinery of protein synthesis. RNA also plays more active roles, performing many of the catalytic and recognition functions normally reserved for proteins. In fact, most of the RNA in cells is found in ribosomes--our protein-synthesizing machines--and the transfer RNA molecules used to add each new amino acid to growing proteins. In addition, countless small RNA molecules are involved in regulating, processing and disposing of the constant traffic of messenger RNA. The enzyme RNA polymerase carries the weighty responsibility of creating all of these different RNA molecules. The RNA Factory RNA polymerase is a huge factory with many moving parts. The one shown here, from PDB entry 1i6h, is from yeast cells. It is composed of a dozen different proteins. Together, they form a machine that surrounds DNA strands, unwinds them, and builds an RNA strand based on the information held inside the DNA. Once the enzyme gets started, RNA polymerase marches confidently along the DNA copying RNA strands thousands of nucleotides long. Accuracy As you might expect, RNA polymerase needs to be accurate in its copying of genetic information. To improve its accuracy, it performs a simple proofreading step as it builds an RNA strand. The active site is designed to be able to remove nucleotides as well as add them to the growing strand. The enzyme tends to hover around mismatched nucleotides longer than properly added ones, giving the enzyme time to remove them. This process is somewhat wasteful, since proper nucleotides are also occasionally removed, but this is a small price to pay for creating better RNA transcripts. Overall, RNA polymerase makes an error about once in 10,000 nucleotides added, or about once per RNA strand created. Poisoning Polymerase Since RNA polymerase is absolutely essential for the life of the cell, it is a sensitive target for poisons and toxins. The most powerful of these poisons is alpha-amanitin, a small circular peptide created by the death cap mushroom. Eating even one of these mushrooms will lead to coma and death in a manner of days, as the poison attacks RNA polymerase throughout the body. Surprisingly, it binds on the back side of RNA polymerase, away from the active site and away from the binding site for the DNA and RNA. It does not physically block the active site, like most inhibitors, but instead jams the mechanism of the enzyme. RNA polymerase is a highly mobile enzyme, that flexes and changes shape as it performs the sequential steps of binding to DNA, unwinding it, and then building the RNA strand. As seen in PDB entry 1k83, the poison binds between two subunits of the protein, gluing them together and blocking these essential motions. PD source: http://www.pdb.org/pdb/education _discussion/molecule_of_the_month/images /1i6h-composite.gif | |
4,355,000,000 YBN | 20) The first cell on Earth evolves. This is the first prokaryotic cell and first bacterium. DNA is surrounded by a membrane of proteins made by ribosomes; the first cytoplasm. This cell may form in either fresh or salt water, near the sunlit water surface or near underwater volcanoes on the ocean floor. The DNA of this cell is a template containing the code for a copying molecule (DNA polymerase {PoL-u-mu-rAS}), and the necessary mRNA, tRNA, and rRNA molecules needed to build the cytoplasm. For the first time, ribosomes and DNA build cell structure. DNA protected by cytoplasm is more likely to survive and be copied. This is the start of binary cell division. A protein duplicates DNA within the cell and then the cell divides into two parts. This is also the start of passive transport: molecules enter and exit the cytoplasm only because of a difference in concentration and represent the beginnings of the first digestive system. This cell structure forms the basis of all future cells of every living object on Earth. |
[1] Deutsch: Bild über den Reitenden Urzwerg English: Image of Nanoarchaeum equitans Date 2005-09-10 (original upload date) Source Originally from de.wikipedia; description page is/was here. Author Original uploader was Eber-Jimmy at de.wikipedia Permission (Reusing this file) This image is in the public domain due to its age. Licensing According to this article, ''Es wurde von dem Mikrobiologen Karl O. Stetter entdeckt. Bildrechte: Public domain.'' PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/d/dc/Urzwerg.jpg [2] Hydrogenobacter thermophilus (strain TK-6) is an obligately chemolithoautotrophic, extremely (and strictly) thermophilic hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium whose optimal growth temperature is around 70 to 75°C and was isolated from hot springs. UNKNOWN source: http://standardsingenomics.org/i ndex.php/sigen/article/viewFile/146/534/ 4368 | |
4,350,000,000 YBN | 183) Cells make the first lipids on Earth; (fats, oils, waxes). |
[1] Figure1: Lipid accumulation in differentiating 3T3-L1 pre-adipocyte cell line (days in culture) UNKNOWN source: http://www.emsdiasum.com/microsc opy/products/sem/wet/images/lipid_accumu lation.jpg [2] Lipid Structures under the microscope. Image by Alison North, The Rockefeller University. UNKNOWN source: http://selections.rockefeller.ed u/cms/images/stories/2010/may/lipid.gif | |
4,345,000,000 YBN | 27) A phospholipid bilayer evolves around the cell, providing added protection from the external environment. All extant cells have this phospholipid bilayer. |
[1] Campbell, N.A., and J.B. Reece. Biology. Pearson Benjamin Cummings, 2008. Alternative eText Formats Series, p77. COPYRIGHTED source: Campbell, N.A., and J.B. Reece. Biology. Pearson Benjamin Cummings, 2008. Alternative eText Formats Series, p77. [2] Gram negative cell wall http://www.arches.uga.edu/~kristen c/cellwall.html COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.arches.uga.edu/~krist enc/cellwall.html | |
4,340,000,000 YBN | 64) Operons evolve. Operons are sequences of DNA that allow a bacterium to produce certain proteins only when necessary. Bacteria before now can only build a constant stream of all proteins encoded in their DNA. |
[1] Figure 6 from: Jacob, F. & Monod, J. Genetic regulatory mechanisms in the synthesis of proteins. J. Mol. Biol. 3, 318–356 (1961) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WK7-4Y39HH7-B&_user =4422&_coverDate=06%2F30%2F1961&_alid=17 23143833&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search& _origin=search&_zone=rslt_list_item&_cdi =6899&_sort=r&_st=13&_docanchor=&view=c& _ct=5&_acct=C000059600&_version=1&_urlVe rsion=0&_userid=4422&md5=c2699b72c7c5bee 4e2c31224c6261556&searchtype=a {Jacob_F rancois_19601228.pdf} COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.sciencedirect.com/sci ence?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WK7-4Y39HH7-B &_user=4422&_coverDate=06%2F30%2F1961&_a lid=1723143833&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=s earch&_origin=search&_zone=rslt_list_ite m&_cdi=6899&_sort=r&_st=13&_docanchor=&v iew=c&_ct=5&_acct=C000059600&_version=1& _urlVersion=0&_userid=4422&md5=c2699b72c 7c5bee4e2c31224c6261556&searchtype=a [2] Figure 3 from: Jacob, F. & Monod, J. Genetic regulatory mechanisms in the synthesis of proteins. J. Mol. Biol. 3, 318–356 (1961) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WK7-4Y39HH7-B&_user =4422&_coverDate=06%2F30%2F1961&_alid=17 23143833&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search& _origin=search&_zone=rslt_list_item&_cdi =6899&_sort=r&_st=13&_docanchor=&view=c& _ct=5&_acct=C000059600&_version=1&_urlVe rsion=0&_userid=4422&md5=c2699b72c7c5bee 4e2c31224c6261556&searchtype=a {Jacob_F rancois_19601228.pdf} COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.sciencedirect.com/sci ence?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WK7-4Y39HH7-B &_user=4422&_coverDate=06%2F30%2F1961&_a lid=1723143833&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=s earch&_origin=search&_zone=rslt_list_ite m&_cdi=6899&_sort=r&_st=13&_docanchor=&v iew=c&_ct=5&_acct=C000059600&_version=1& _urlVersion=0&_userid=4422&md5=c2699b72c 7c5bee4e2c31224c6261556&searchtype=a | |
4,340,000,000 YBN | 6340) Facilitated diffusion. Proteins in the cell membrane allow only certain molecules to enter the cell. |
[1] Figure 7.15 from: Campbell, Reece, et al., ''Biology'', 8th Edition, 2008, P135. COPYRIGHTED source: Campbell, Reece, et al., "Biology", 8th Edition, 2008, P135. [2] Figure 7.18 from: Campbell, Reece, et al., ''Biology'', 8th Edition, 2008, P137. COPYRIGHTED source: Campbell, Reece, et al., "Biology", 8th Edition, 2008, P137. | |
4,335,000,000 YBN | 28) Cellular respiration. Glycolysis evolves in the cytoplasm. Cells can make ATP (adenosine {oDeNoSEN} triphosphate) by converting glucose into pyruvate {PIrUVAT}. This is the beginning of cellular respiration, how cells convert food into ATP and waste products. ATP is the molecule that drives most cellular work. |
[1] Description English: Glycolysis pathway overview. Date 3 September 2009 Source Own work Author WYassineMrabetTalk✉ Inkscape Logo.svg This vector image was created with Inkscape. Permission (Reusing this file) GFDL license (see below). GFDL source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Glycolysis.svg/ 1024px-Glycolysis.svg.png [2] Figure 9.6 from: Campbell, Reece, et al, ''Biology'', 8th edition, 2008, p166. COPYRIGHTED source: Campbell, Reece, et al, "Biology", 8th edition, 2008, p166. | |
4,330,000,000 YBN | 44) Fermentation evolves in the cell cytoplasm. Cells can make lactic acid. |
[1] Campbell, Reece, et al, ''Biology'', 8th edition, 2008, p178. COPYRIGHTED source: Campbell, Reece, et al, "Biology", 8th edition, 2008, p178. [2] IUPAC name[hide] 2-Hydroxypropanoic acid Other names[hide] Milk acid Description de: Struktur von Milchsäure; en: Structure of lactic acid Date 12 February 2007 Source Own work Author NEUROtiker Permission (Reusing this file) Own work, all rights released (Public domain) PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/5/59/Lactic-acid-3D-balls. pnghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia /commons/thumb/d/d3/Lactic-acid-skeletal .svg/1000px-Lactic-acid-skeletal.svg.png | |
4,325,000,000 YBN | 213) A second kind of fermentation evolves in the cytoplasm. Cells (all anaerobic) can now convert pyruvate (the final product of glycolysis) into ethanol. |
[1] Campbell, Reece, et al, ''Biology'', 8th edition, 2008, p178. COPYRIGHTED source: Campbell, Reece, et al, "Biology", 8th edition, 2008, p178. [2] Ethanol Full structural formula, Ball and Stick Model, and Space-Filling Model of Ethanol PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/3/37/Ethanol-2D-flat.pnght tp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm ons/b/b0/Ethanol-3D-balls.pnghttp://uplo ad.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/ Ethanol-3D-vdW.png | |
4,315,000,000 YBN | 196) Active transport evolves. Proteins and ATP are used to transport molecules into and out of the cytoplasm. |
[1] Figure 7.18 from: Campbell, Reece, et al., ''Biology'', 8th Edition, 2008, P137. COPYRIGHTED source: Campbell, Reece, et al., "Biology", 8th Edition, 2008, P137. [2] Figure 7.15 from: Campbell, Reece, et al., ''Biology'', 8th Edition, 2008, P135. COPYRIGHTED source: Campbell, Reece, et al., "Biology", 8th Edition, 2008, P135. | |
4,200,000,000 YBN | 292) The prokaryote flagellum evolves. Prokaryotic cells now have more mobility, and can make more choices about their location. |
[1] Aquifex pyrophilus (platinum shadowed). © K.O. Stetter & Reinhard Rachel, University of Regensburg. COPYRIGHTED source: http://biology.kenyon.edu/Microb ial_Biorealm/bacteria/aquifex/aquifex.ht m [2] Description English: A Gram-negative bacterial flagellum. A flagellum (plural: flagella) is a long, slender projection from the cell body, whose function is to propel a unicellular or small multicellular organism. The depicted type of flagellum is found in bacteria such as E. coli and Salmonella, and rotates like a propeller when the bacterium swims. The bacterial movement can be divided in 2 kinds: run, resulting from a counterclockwise rotation of the flagellum, and tumbling, from a clockwise rotation of the flagellum. Français : Flagelle de bactérie Gram-négative. Le flagelle est une projection longue et fine hors du corps cellulaire, dont la fonction est de propulser l'organisme. Ce type de flagelle est présent dans des bactéries comme Escherichia coli et Salmonella, et tourne comme une hélice quand la bactérie se déplace. Le flagelle peut provoquer deux types de déplacement selon son sens de rotation. Date November 2007 Source self-made References: [1],[2], [3] (main 3), [4], [5] (propeller rotation), PMID 17142059 (bend). Author LadyofHats PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Flagellum_base_ diagram_en.svg/1000px-Flagellum_base_dia gram_en.svg.png | |
4,193,000,000 YBN | 77) Archaea (also called archaebacteria) evolve according to genetic comparison. The Phylum Nanoarcheota. Eubacteria and Archaea are the two major lines of Prokaryotes. |
[1] Deutsch: Bild über den Reitenden Urzwerg English: Image of Nanoarchaeum equitans Date 2005-09-10 (original upload date) Source Originally from de.wikipedia; description page is/was here. Author Original uploader was Eber-Jimmy at de.wikipedia Permission (Reusing this file) This image is in the public domain due to its age. Licensing According to this article, ''Es wurde von dem Mikrobiologen Karl O. Stetter entdeckt. Bildrechte: Public domain.'' PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/d/dc/Urzwerg.jpg [2] Figure 1) Changing views of the tree and timescale of life. a) An early-1990s view, with the tree determined mostly from ribosomal RNA (rRNA) sequence analysis. This tree emphasizes vertical (as opposed to horizontal) evolution and the close relationship between eukaryotes and the Archaebacteria. The deep branching (>3.5 Giga (109) years ago, Gya) of CYANOBACTERIA (Cy) and other Eubacteria (purple), the shallow branching (approx1 Gya) of plants (Pl), animals (An) and fungi (Fu), and the early origin of mitochondria (Mi), were based on interpretations of the geochemical and fossil record7, 8. Some deeply branching amitochondriate (Am) species were believed to have arisen before the origin of mitochondria44. Major symbiotic events (black dots) were introduced to explain the origin of eukaryotic organelles42, but were not assumed to be associated with large transfers of genes to the host nucleus. They were: Eu, joining of an archaebacterium host with a eubacterium (presumably a SPIROCHAETE) to produce an amitochondriate eukaryote; Mi, joining of a eukaryote host with an alpha-proteobacterium (Ap) symbiont, leading to the origin of mitochondria, and plastids (Ps), joining of a eukaryote host with a cyanobacterium symbiont, forming the origin of plastids on the plant lineage and possibly on other lineages. b) The present view, based on extensive genomic analysis. Eukaryotes are no longer considered to be close relatives of Archaebacteria, but are genomic hybrids of Archaebacteria and Eubacteria, owing to the transfer of large numbers of genes from the symbiont genome to the nucleus of the host (indicated by coloured arrows). Other new features, largely derived from molecular-clock studies16, 39 (Box 1), include a relatively recent origin of Cyanobacteria (approx2.6 Gya) and mitochondria (approx1.8 Gya), an early origin (approx1.5 Gya) of plants, animals and fungi, and a close relationship between animals and fungi. Coloured dashed lines indicate controversial aspects of the present view: the existence of a premitochondrial symbiotic event and of living amitochondriate eukaryotes, ancestors of which never had mitochondria. c) The times of divergence of selected model organisms from humans, based on molecular clocks. For the prokaryotes (red), because of different possible origins through symbiotic events, divergence times depend on the gene of interest. source: http://www.nature.com/nrg/journa l/v3/n11/full/nrg929_fs.html | |
4,189,000,000 YBN | 193) The Eubacteria "Hyperthermophiles" evolve (the ancestor of Aquifex and Thermotoga). |
[1] A timescale of prokaryote evolution. Letters indicate nodes discussed in the text. The last common ancestor was arbitrarily placed at 4.25 Ga in the tree, although this placement was not part of the analyses. The grey rectangle shows the time prior to the initial rise in oxygen (presumably anaerobic conditions). Mtb: Methanothermobacter, Tab: Thermoanaerobacter, Tsc: Thermosynechococcus. Battistuzzi et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2004 4:44 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-4-44 Table 1 Time estimates for selected nodes in the tree of eubacteria (A-K) and archaebacteria (L-P). Letters refer to Fig. 3. Time (Ma)a CIb Node A 102 57–176 Node B 2508 2154–2928 Node C 2800 2452–3223 Node D 1039 702–1408 Node E 2558 2310–2969 Node F 2784 2490–3203 Node G 2923 2587–3352 Node H 3054 2697–3490 Node I 3186 2801–3634 Node J 3644 3172–4130 Node K 3977 3434–4464 Node L 233 118–386 Node M 3085 2469–3514 Node N 3566 2876–3948 Node O 3781 3047–4163 Node P 4112 3314–4486 a Averages of the divergence times estimated using the 2.3 Ga minimum constraint and the five ingroup root constraints (nodes A-K) and using the 1.198 ± 0.022 Ga constraint and the five ingroup root constraints (nodes L-P). b Credibility interval (minimum and maximum averages of the analyses under the five ingroup root constraints) Battistuzzi et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2004 4:44 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-4-44 COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.biomedcentral.com/con tent/figures/1471-2148-4-44-3-l.jpg [2] Aquifex pyrophilus (platinum shadowed). © K.O. Stetter & Reinhard Rachel, University of Regensburg. source: http://biology.kenyon.edu/Microb ial_Biorealm/bacteria/aquifex/aquifex.ht m | |
4,187,000,000 YBN | 180) The Archaea Phylum: Crenarchaeota (the ancestor of Sulfolobus). |
[1] A timescale of prokaryote evolution. Letters indicate nodes discussed in the text. The last common ancestor was arbitrarily placed at 4.25 Ga in the tree, although this placement was not part of the analyses. The grey rectangle shows the time prior to the initial rise in oxygen (presumably anaerobic conditions). Mtb: Methanothermobacter, Tab: Thermoanaerobacter, Tsc: Thermosynechococcus. Battistuzzi et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2004 4:44 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-4-44 Table 1 Time estimates for selected nodes in the tree of eubacteria (A-K) and archaebacteria (L-P). Letters refer to Fig. 3. Time (Ma)a CIb Node A 102 57–176 Node B 2508 2154–2928 Node C 2800 2452–3223 Node D 1039 702–1408 Node E 2558 2310–2969 Node F 2784 2490–3203 Node G 2923 2587–3352 Node H 3054 2697–3490 Node I 3186 2801–3634 Node J 3644 3172–4130 Node K 3977 3434–4464 Node L 233 118–386 Node M 3085 2469–3514 Node N 3566 2876–3948 Node O 3781 3047–4163 Node P 4112 3314–4486 a Averages of the divergence times estimated using the 2.3 Ga minimum constraint and the five ingroup root constraints (nodes A-K) and using the 1.198 ± 0.022 Ga constraint and the five ingroup root constraints (nodes L-P). b Credibility interval (minimum and maximum averages of the analyses under the five ingroup root constraints) Battistuzzi et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2004 4:44 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-4-44 COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.biomedcentral.com/con tent/figures/1471-2148-4-44-3-l.jpg [2] tree of archaea ? source: http://www.uni-giessen.de/~gf126 5/GROUPS/KLUG/Stammbaum.html | |
4,187,000,000 YBN | 181) The Archaea Phylum: Euryarchaeota {YRE-oR-KE-O-Tu} evolve (the ancestor of methanogens and halobacteria). The earliest cell response to light. |
[1] A timescale of prokaryote evolution. Letters indicate nodes discussed in the text. The last common ancestor was arbitrarily placed at 4.25 Ga in the tree, although this placement was not part of the analyses. The grey rectangle shows the time prior to the initial rise in oxygen (presumably anaerobic conditions). Mtb: Methanothermobacter, Tab: Thermoanaerobacter, Tsc: Thermosynechococcus. Battistuzzi et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2004 4:44 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-4-44 Table 1 Time estimates for selected nodes in the tree of eubacteria (A-K) and archaebacteria (L-P). Letters refer to Fig. 3. Time (Ma)a CIb Node A 102 57–176 Node B 2508 2154–2928 Node C 2800 2452–3223 Node D 1039 702–1408 Node E 2558 2310–2969 Node F 2784 2490–3203 Node G 2923 2587–3352 Node H 3054 2697–3490 Node I 3186 2801–3634 Node J 3644 3172–4130 Node K 3977 3434–4464 Node L 233 118–386 Node M 3085 2469–3514 Node N 3566 2876–3948 Node O 3781 3047–4163 Node P 4112 3314–4486 a Averages of the divergence times estimated using the 2.3 Ga minimum constraint and the five ingroup root constraints (nodes A-K) and using the 1.198 ± 0.022 Ga constraint and the five ingroup root constraints (nodes L-P). b Credibility interval (minimum and maximum averages of the analyses under the five ingroup root constraints) Battistuzzi et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2004 4:44 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-4-44 COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.biomedcentral.com/con tent/figures/1471-2148-4-44-3-l.jpg [2] tree of archaebacteria (archaea) COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.uni-giessen.de/~gf126 5/GROUPS/KLUG/Stammbaum.html | |
4,112,000,000 YBN | 58) The first autotrophic cells; cells that can produce some of their own food. Autotrophs produce their own sugars, lipids, and amino acids. |
[1] Description Methanopyrus kandleri Date July 2006 Source ms:Imej:Arkea.jpg Auth or ms:User:PM Poon GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/a/aa/Arkea.jpg | |
4,100,000,000 YBN | 49) Photosynthesis. Bacteria use light particles to convert carbon dioxide gas and an electron donor (also called a reductant), like Hydrogen sulfide, into glucose, water, and sulfur. This process of moving carbon from carbon dioxide gas to the hydrocarbon molecule glucose is called carbon fixation. This is the ancestor of Photosystem I. This system of photosynthesis does not liberate oxygen. |
[1] Chemiosmosis as it operates in photophosphorylation within a chloroplast. Images from Purves et al., Life: The Science of Biology, 4th Edition, by Sinauer Associates (www.sinauer.com) and WH Freeman (www.whfreeman.com) COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/facu lty/farabee/biobk/0817_1.gif [2] Chemiosmosis as it operates in photophosphorylation within a chloroplast. Images from Purves et al., Life: The Science of Biology, 4th Edition, by Sinauer Associates (www.sinauer.com) and WH Freeman (www.whfreeman.com) COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/facu lty/farabee/biobk/0817_2.gif | |
4,000,000,000 YBN | 43) Photosynthesis Photosystem II evolves. Cells emit free Oxygen. Bacteria use light particles to convert carbon dioxide gas and water into glucose, releasing oxygen gas in the process. This is the main system responsible for producing the Oxygen now in the air of Earth. |
[1] Chemiosmosis as it operates in photophosphorylation within a chloroplast. Images from Purves et al., Life: The Science of Biology, 4th Edition, by Sinauer Associates (www.sinauer.com) and WH Freeman (www.whfreeman.com) COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/facu lty/farabee/biobk/0817_1.gif [2] Chemiosmosis as it operates in photophosphorylation within a chloroplast. Images from Purves et al., Life: The Science of Biology, 4th Edition, by Sinauer Associates (www.sinauer.com) and WH Freeman (www.whfreeman.com) COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/facu lty/farabee/biobk/0817_2.gif | |
4,000,000,000 YBN | 51) The end of the Hadean {HADEiN} and start of the Archean {oRKEiN} Eon. |
[1] Geologic Time Scale 2009 UNKNOWN source: http://www.geosociety.org/scienc e/timescale/timescl.pdf | |
3,950,000,000 YBN | 37) (Filamentous) multicellularity evolves in prokaryotes. Photosynthetic bacteria grow in filaments. Cells stay fastened together after cell division. Multicellularity appears to have evolved independently multiple times in the history of life on Earth. |
[1] Microgram of filamentous bacteria from flexible setae. (Courtesy Zoosystema © 2005) COPYRIGHTED source: http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s 2009/decker_rour/images/yeti-crab-filame ntous-bacteria.JPG [2] Filamentous Bacteria Microthrix Parvicella UNKNOWN source: http://ebsbiowizard.com/wp-conte nt/gallery/filamentous-bacteria-microthr ix-parvicella/filamentous-bacteria-micro thrix-parvicella.jpg | |
3,950,000,000 YBN | 316) Cell differentiation evolves in filamentous prokaryotes, creating organisms with different kinds of cells. |
[1] Adapted from: Anabaena smitthi COPYRIGHTED FRANCE source: http://www.ac-rennes.fr/pedagogi e/svt/photo/microalg/anabaena.jpg [2] Anabaena COPYRIGHTED EDU source: http://home.manhattan.edu/~franc es.cardillo/plants/monera/anabaena.gif | |
3,950,000,000 YBN | 322) Nitrogen fixation evolves. Cells can make nitrogen compounds like ammonia from Nitrogen gas in the air. | West Africa |
[1] Fig. 2. Modern cyanobacterial akinetes and Archaeoellipsoides fossils. (A) Three-month-old culture of living A. cylindrica grown in a medium without combined nitrogen. A, akinete; H, heterocyst; V, vegetative cells. (B–D) Shown are Archaeoellipsoides fossils from 1,500-Ma Billyakh Group, northern Siberia (B); 1,650-Ma McArthur Group, northern Australia (C); and 2,100-Ma Franceville Group, Gabon (D). (Scale bars, 10 μm.) COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.pnas.org/content/103/ 14/5442/F2.large.jpg [2] Fig. 2. Modern cyanobacterial akinetes and Archaeoellipsoides fossils. (A) Three-month-old culture of living A. cylindrica grown in a medium without combined nitrogen. A, akinete; H, heterocyst; V, vegetative cells. (B–D) Shown are Archaeoellipsoides fossils from 1,500-Ma Billyakh Group, northern Siberia (B); 1,650-Ma McArthur Group, northern Australia (C); and 2,100-Ma Franceville Group, Gabon (D). (Scale bars, 10 μm.) COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.pnas.org/content/103/ 14/5442/F2.large.jpg |
3,900,000,000 YBN | 57) Aerobic cellular respiration. The first aerobic (or "oxygenic") cell. These cells use oxygen to convert glucose into carbon dioxide, water, and ATP. |
[1] purple aerobic bacteria UNKNOWN source: http://endosymbiotichypothesis.f iles.wordpress.com/2010/09/rain-bacteria .jpg [2] Organisms of Rickettsia conorii (r), a close relative of R. rickettsii, in a cultured human endothelial cell are located free in the cytosol. One rickettsia is dividing by binary fission (arrowhead). (B) These rickettsiae can move inside the cytoplasm of the host cell because of the propulsive force created by the ''tail'' of host cell actin filaments (arrow). Bars = 0.5 µm. Photo and text courtesy of David H. Walker - http://gsbs.utmb.edu/microbook/ch038.htm UNKNOWN AND Rickettsia prowazekii (image with Rickettsia outside of cell) COPYRIGHTED [1] Rickettsia prowazekii COPYRIGHTED FAIR USE source: http://www.bio.davidson.edu/peop le/sosarafova/Assets/Bio307/liwoeste/Pic tures/Walker%203%5B1%5D.jpghttp://web.ms t.edu/~microbio/bio221_2001/Image9.jpg | |
3,850,000,000 YBN | 36) The oldest physical evidence for life: the ratio of carbon-13 to carbon-12 in grains of ancient apetite {aPeTIT} (which are calcium phosphate minerals). Life uses the lighter Carbon-12 isotope and so the ratio of carbon-12 to carbon-13 is different from a nonliving source (such as calcium carbonate or limestone). | Akilia Island, Western Greenland |
[1] Figure 1 from: Mojzsis, S. J. et al. ''Evidence for Life on Earth Before 3,800 Million Years Ago.'' Nature 384.6604 (1996): 55–59. http://www.nature.com/nature/j ournal/v384/n6604/abs/384055a0.html COP YRIGHTED source: http://www.nature.com/nature/jou rnal/v384/n6604/pdf/384055a0.pdf [2] Figure 1 from: Mojzsis, S. J. et al. ''Evidence for Life on Earth Before 3,800 Million Years Ago.'' Nature 384.6604 (1996): 55–59. http://www.nature.com/nature/j ournal/v384/n6604/abs/384055a0.html COP YRIGHTED source: http://www.nature.com/nature/jou rnal/v384/n6604/pdf/384055a0.pdf |
3,850,000,000 YBN | 45) The oldest sediment, the Banded Iron Formation begins. Banded Iron Formation is sedimentary rock that spans from 3.8 to 1.8 billion years ago, made of iron-rich silicates (like silicon dioxide SiO2) with alternating layers of black colored reduced or ferrous iron and red colored oxidized or ferric iron. These alternating layers represent a seasonal cycle where the quantity of free oxygen in the ocean rises and falls, possibly linked to photosynthetic organisms. The atmosphere of Earth still has only small amounts of oxygen at this time. | Akilia Island, Western Greenland |
[1] image of BIF from Akilia from Nature COPYRIGHTED source: nature 11/7/96 [2] portion taken from: Description English: This image shows a 2.1 billion years old rock containing black-banded ironstone, which has a weight of about 8.5 tons. The approximately two meter high, three meter wide, and one meter thick block of stone was found in North America and belongs to the National Museum of Mineralogy and Geology in Dresden, Germany. The rock is located at +51°2'34.84'' +13°45'26.67''. Deutsch: Dieses Bild zeigt einen etwa 8,5 Tonnen schweren und 2,1 Milliarden Jahre alten Block mit Bändereisenerzen. Der etwa zwei Meter hohe, drei Meter breite und einen Meter tiefe Gesteinsblock wurde in Nordamerika gefunden und gehört dem Staatlichen Museum für Mineralogie und Geologie Dresden. Der Block befindet sich bei den Koordinaten +51°2'34.84'' +13°45'26.67''. Camera data Camera Nikon D70 Lens Tamron SP AF 90mm/2.8 Di Macro 1:1 Focal length 90 mm Aperture f/2.8 Exposure time 1/250 s Sensivity ISO 200 Please help translating the description into more languages. Thanks a lot! If you want a license with the conditions of your choice, please email me to negotiate terms. best new image Date 26 August 2005 Source Own work Author André Karwath aka Aka CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Black-band_iron stone_%28aka%29.jpg/1280px-Black-band_ir onstone_%28aka%29.jpg |
3,500,000,000 YBN | 39) The oldest fossil evidence of life: stromatolites. | Warrawoona, Western Australia, and, Fig Tree Group, South Africa |
[1] image on left is from swaziland source: nature feb 6 [2] source: 1986 |
3,500,000,000 YBN | 287) The oldest fossils of an organism. The organism is similar to cyanobacteria {SIe-NO-BaK-TERE-u}, and is found in the 3,500 million year old chert, sedimentary rock made of silica, in Australia and South Africa. 2.8 billion years will pass before the first animal evolves. | Warrawoona, northwestern Western Australia and Onverwacht Group, Barberton Mountain Land, South Africa |
[1] Figure 1 Optical photomicrographs showing carbonaceous (kerogenous) filamentous microbial fossils in petrographic thin sections of Precambrian cherts. Scale in a represents images in a and c-i; scale in b represents image in b. All parts show photomontages, which is necessitated by the three-dimensional preservation of the cylindrical sinuous permineralized microbes. Squares in each part indicate the areas for which chemical data are presented in Figs 2 and 3. a, An unnamed cylindrical prokaryotic filament, probably the degraded cellular trichome or tubular sheath of an oscillatoriacean cyanobacterium, from the 770-Myr Skillogalee Dolomite of South Australia12. b, Gunflintia grandis, a cellular probably oscillatoriacean trichome, from the 2,100-Myr Gunflint Formation of Ontario, Canada13. c, d, Unnamed highly carbonized filamentous prokaryotes from the 3,375-Myr Kromberg Formation of South Africa14: the poorly preserved cylindrical trichome of a noncyanobacterial or oscillatoriacean prokaryote (c); the disrupted, originally cellular trichomic remnants possibly of an Oscillatoria- or Lyngbya-like cyanobacterium (d). e-i, Cellular microbial filaments from the 3,465-Myr Apex chert of northwestern Western Australia: Primaevifilum amoenum4,5, from the collections of The Natural History Museum (TNHM), London, specimen V.63164[6] (e); P. amoenum4 (f); the holotype of P. delicatulum4,5,15, TNHM V.63165[2] (g); P. conicoterminatum5, TNHM V63164[9] (h); the holotype of Eoleptonema apex5, TNHM V.63729[1] (i). source: Nature416 [2] Fig. 3 Filamentous microfossils: a, cylindrical microfossil from Hooggenoeg sample; b, threadlike and tubular filaments extending between laminae, Kromberg sample; c,d,e, tubular filamnets oriented subparallel to bedding, Kromberg sample; f, threadlike filament flattened parallel to bedding, Kromberg sample. source: 73 - 76 (07 Mar 2002) Letters to Nature http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v41 6/n6876/fig_tab/416073a_F1.html |
3,400,000,000 YBN | 190) The earliest fossils of coccoid {KoKOED} (spherical) bacteria. | Kromberg Formation, Swaziland System, South Africa |
[1] Fig. 3. from: Hans D. Pflug, Earliest organic evolution. Essay to the memory of Bartholomew Nagy, Precambrian Research, Volume 106, Issues 1–2, 1 February 2001, Pages 79-91, ISSN 0301-9268, 10.1016/S0301-9268(00)00126-1. (http:// www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pi i/S0301926800001261 (a,b) Organic microstructures from Kromberg Formation, Swaziland System, South Africa (ca 3.4 Ga). TEM-micrographs of demineralized specimens. (c) Portion of organic microstructure from Bulawaya stromatolite (see Fig. 2). (d) Portion of the mucilagenous sheath of recent Anabaena sp., cyanobacteria (Fig. d after Leak, 1967). For magnification of Fig. c see scale of Fig. a. COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.sciencedirect.com/sci ence/article/pii/S0301926800001261 [2] Fig. 3. from: Hans D. Pflug, Earliest organic evolution. Essay to the memory of Bartholomew Nagy, Precambrian Research, Volume 106, Issues 1–2, 1 February 2001, Pages 79-91, ISSN 0301-9268, 10.1016/S0301-9268(00)00126-1. (http:// www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pi i/S0301926800001261 (a,b) Organic microstructures from Kromberg Formation, Swaziland System, South Africa (ca 3.4 Ga). TEM-micrographs of demineralized specimens. (c) Portion of organic microstructure from Bulawaya stromatolite (see Fig. 2). (d) Portion of the mucilagenous sheath of recent Anabaena sp., cyanobacteria (Fig. d after Leak, 1967). For magnification of Fig. c see scale of Fig. a. COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.sciencedirect.com/sci ence?_ob=MiamiCaptionURL&_method=retriev e&_udi=B6VBP-42G6M5T-7&_image=fig9&_ba=9 &_user=4422&_coverDate=02%2F01%2F2001&_f mt=full&_orig=browse&_cdi=5932&view=c&_a cct=C000059600&_version=1&_urlVersion=0& _userid=4422&md5=27a45a0804747bb4b74eaac 305df2905 |
3,260,000,000 YBN | 71) Prokaryote reproduction by budding. | Swartkoppie, South Africa |
[1] Evolutionary relationships of model organisms and bacteria that show unusual reproductive strategies. This phylogenetic tree (a) illustrates the diversity of organisms that use the alternative reproductive strategies shown in (b). Bold type indicates complete or ongoing genome projects. Intracellular offspring are produced by several low-GC Gram-positive bacteria such as Metabacterium polyspora, Epulopiscium spp. and the segmented filamentous bacteria (SFB). Budding and multiple fission are found in the proteobacterial genera Hyphomonas and Bdellovibrio, respectively. In the case of the Cyanobacteria, Stanieria produces baeocytes and Chamaesiphon produces offspring by budding. Actinoplanes produce dispersible offspring by multiple fission of filaments within the sporangium. source: http://www.nature.com/nrmicro/jo urnal/v3/n3/full/nrmicro1096_fs.html (Nature Reviews Microbiology 3 [2] Electron micrograph of a Pirellula bacterium from giant tiger prawn tissue (Penaeus monodon). Notice the large crateriform structures (C) on the cell surface and flagella. From Fuerst et al. source: 214-224 (2005); doi:10.1038/nrmicro1096) |
3,200,000,000 YBN | 66) The earliest acritarch fossils (unicellular microfossils with uncertain affinity). These acritarchs are also the earliest possible eukaryote fossils. | (Moodies Group) South Africa |
[1] Figure from: Javaux, Emmanuelle J., Craig P. Marshall, and Andrey Bekker. “Organic-walled microfossils in 3.2-billion-year-old shallow-marine siliciclastic deposits.” Nature 463.7283 (2010): 934-938. http://www.nature.com/nature/j ournal/v463/n7283/full/nature08793.html COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.nature.com/nature/jou rnal/v463/n7283/full/nature08793.html [2] Figure from: Javaux, Emmanuelle J., Andrew H. Knoll, and Malcolm R. Walter. “Morphological and ecological complexity in early eukaryotic ecosystems.” Nature 412.6842 (2001): 66-69. http://www.nature.com/nature/jou rnal/v412/n6842/abs/412066a0.html Figur e 1 Protistan microfossils from the Roper Group. a, c, Tappania plana, showing asymmetrically distributed processes and bulbous protrusions (arrow in a). b, detail of a, showing dichotomously branching process. d, Valeria lophostriata. e, Dictyosphaera sp. f, Satka favosa. The scale bar in a is 35 µm for a and c; 10 µm for b; 100 µm for d; 15 µm for e; and 40 µm for f. source: http://www.nature.com/nature/jou rnal/v412/n6842/abs/412066a0.html |
2,923,000,000 YBN | 178) The Eubacteria Phylum Firmicutes (FiRmiKYUTEZ) evolves (Gram positive bacteria: the cause of botulism, tetanus, and anthrax). |
[1] Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive bacterium, in the division Firmicutes, named for Joseph Lister. It is motile by means of flagella. Some studies suggest that 1 to 10% of humans may carry L. monocytogenes in their intestines. Researchers have found L. monocytogenes in at least 37 mammalian species, both domesticated and feral, as well as in at least 17 species of birds and possibly in some species of fish and shellfish. Laboratories can isolate L. monocytogenes from soil, silage, and other environmental sources. L. monocytogenes is quite hardy and resists the deleterious effects of freezing, drying, and heat remarkably well for a bacterium that does not form spores. Most L. monocytogenes are pathogenic to some degree. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Listeria.jpg [2] These are bacteria (about 0.3 µm in diameter) that do not have outer walls, only cytoplasmic membranes. However, they do have cytoskeletal elements that give them a distinct non-spherical shape. They look like schmoos that are pulled along by their heads. How they are able to glide is a mystery. source: http://webmac.rowland.org/labs/b acteria/projects_glide.html | |
2,920,000,000 YBN | 288) The first endospores evolve; in firmicutes. An endospore is a tough reduced dry form of a bacterium, triggered by a lack of nutrients, that protects the bacterium, and allows it to be revived after long periods of time. |
[1] Spore forming inside a bacterium. Stahly, MicrobeLibrary COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.microbe.org/microbes/ spores.asp [2] Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive bacterium, in the division Firmicutes, named for Joseph Lister. It is motile by means of flagella. Some studies suggest that 1 to 10% of humans may carry L. monocytogenes in their intestines. Researchers have found L. monocytogenes in at least 37 mammalian species, both domesticated and feral, as well as in at least 17 species of birds and possibly in some species of fish and shellfish. Laboratories can isolate L. monocytogenes from soil, silage, and other environmental sources. L. monocytogenes is quite hardy and resists the deleterious effects of freezing, drying, and heat remarkably well for a bacterium that does not form spores. Most L. monocytogenes are pathogenic to some degree. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Listeria.jpg | |
2,800,000,000 YBN | 76) The Eubacteria Phylum Proteobacteria evolves (includes Rickettsia {the ancestor of all mitochondria}, gonorrhea, Salmonella, and Escherichia coli {esRriKEo KOlI} or E coli {E KOlI}). |
[1] Figure 1. Transmission electron micrograph of the ELB agent in XTC-2 cells. The rickettsia are free in the cytoplasm and surrounded by an electron transparent halo. Original magnification X 30,000. CDC PD source: www.cdc.gov/ncidod/ eid/vol7no1/raoultG1.htm [2] Caulobacter crescentus. From http://sunflower.bio.indiana.edu/~ybrun/ L305.html COPYRIGHTED EDU was in wiki but appears to be removed source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/en/4/42/Caulobacter.jpg | |
2,800,000,000 YBN | 177) Gender and sex (conjugation) evolve in Escherichia Coli {esRriKEo KOlI} bacteria. Conjugation is the exchange of DNA (plasmids) by a donor {male} bacterium through a pilus to a recipient {female} bacterium. In addition to pili and conjugation, proteins that can cut DNA, and other proteins that can connect two strands of DNA evolve. |
[1] the fertility factor or F factor is a very large (94,500 bp) circular dsDNA plasmid; it is generally independent of the host chromosome. COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.mun.ca/biochem/course s/3107/images/Fplasmidmap.gif [2] conjugation (via pilus) COPYRIGHTED EDU source: http://www.bio.miami.edu/dana/16 0/conjugation.jpg | |
2,795,000,000 YBN | 23) The first virus evolves. These cells depend on the DNA duplicating and protein producing systems of other cells to reproduce themselves. The first viruses may be made from bacteria, or may be bacteria initially. |
[1] Description Electron micrograph of Bacteriophages Date Source en:Image:Phage.jpg Author en:User:GrahamColm PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/5/52/Phage.jpg | |
2,784,000,000 YBN | 176) The Eubacteria Phylum, Planctomycetes {PlaNK-TO-mI-SETS} (also known as Planctobacteria) evolves. |
[1] Electron micrographs of cells of new Gemmata-like and Isosphaera-like isolates. (A) Negatively stained cell of the Gemmata-like strain JW11-2f5 showing crateriform structures (arrowhead) and coccoid cell morphology. Bar marker, 200 nm. (B) Negatively stained budding cell of Isosphaera-like strain CJuql1 showing uniform crateriform structures (arrowhead) on the mother cell and coccoid cell morphology. Bar marker, 200 nm. (C) Thin section of Gemmata-like cryosubstituted cell of strain JW3-8s0 showing the double-membrane-bounded nuclear body (NB) and nucleoid (N) enclosed within it. Bar marker, 200 nm. (D) Thin section of Isosphaera-like strain C2-3 possessing a fibrillar nucleoid (N) within a cytoplasmic compartment bounded by a single membrane (M) only. Bar marker, 200 nm. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2002 January; 68(1): 417-422. doi: 10.1128/AEM.68.1.417-422.2002. source: http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/art iclerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=117 72655 [2] Evolutionary distance tree derived from comparative analysis of 16S rDNAs from freshwater and soil isolates and reference strains of the order Planctomycetales. Database accession numbers are shown in parentheses after species, strain, or clone names. Bootstrap values of greater than 70% from 100 bootstrap resamplings from the distance analysis are presented at nodes. Thermotoga maritima was used as an outgroup. Isolates from this study and representative named species of the planctomycetes are indicated in bold. The scale bar represents 0.1 nucleotide substitution per nucleotide position. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2002 January; 68(1): 417-422. doi: 10.1128/AEM.68.1.417-422.2002. source: http://florey.biosci.uq.edu.au/m ypa/images/fuerst2.gif | |
2,784,000,000 YBN | 179) The Eubacteria Phylum, Actinobacteria {aKTinO-BaK-TER-Eu} evolves (the source of streptomycin and the cause of tuberculosis and leprosy). |
[1] Aerial mycelium and spore of Streptomyces coelicolor. The mycelium and the oval spores are about 1µm wide, typical for bacteria and much smaller than fungal hyphae and spores. (Scanning electron micrograph, Mark Buttner, Kim Findlay, John Innes Centre). COPYRIGHT UK source: http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Projects /S_coelicolor/micro_image4.shtml [2] Frankia is a genus of nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria, which possesses a set of features that are unique amongst symbiotic nitrogen-fixing microorganisms, including rhizobia, making it an attractive taxon to study. These heterotrophic Gram-positive bacteria which are able to induce symbiotic nitrogen-fixing root nodules (actinorhizas) in a wide range of dicotyledonous species (actinorhizal plants), have also the capacity to fix atmospheric nitrogen in culture and under aerobic conditions. source: http://www.ibmc.up.pt/webpagesgr upos/cam/Frankia.htm | |
2,775,000,000 YBN | 174) The Eubacteria Phylum, Spirochaetes (SPIrOKETEZ) evolves (the cause of Syphilis, and Lyme disease). |
[1] Syphilis is a complex, sexually transmitted disease (STD) with a highly variable clinical course. The disease is caused by the bacterium, Treponema pallidum. In the United States, 32,871 cases of syphilis, including 432 cases of congenital syphilis, were detected by public health officials in 2002. Eight of the ten states with the highest rates of syphilis are located in the southern region of the United States. source: http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/od/tus kegee/syphilis.htm [2] unknown source: http://uhavax.hartford.edu/bugl/ images/Treponema%20pallidum.jpg | |
2,775,000,000 YBN | 175) The Eubacteria Phylum Bacteroidetes {BaKTRrOEDiTEZ} evolves. |
[1] Description Bacteroides biacutis—one of many en:commensal anaerobic en:Bacteroides spp. in the en:gastrointestinal tract—cultured in blood agar medium for 48 hours. Obtained from the CDC Public Health Image Library. Image credit: CDC/Dr. V.R. Dowell, Jr. (PHIL #3087), 1972. Date 2006-03-11 (original upload date) Source Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is/was here. Author Original uploader was MarcoTolo at en.wikipedia Permission (Reusing this file) PD-USGOV-HHS-CDC. PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Bacteroides_bia cutis_01.jpg/1280px-Bacteroides_biacutis _01.jpg [2] Bacteroides fragilis . From the Zdravotni University source: http://biology.kenyon.edu/Microb ial_Biorealm/bacteria/bacteroidete_chlor ob_group/bacteroides/bacteroides.htm | |
2,775,000,000 YBN | 217) The Eubacteria Phylum Chlamydiae {Klo-mi-DE-I or Klo-mi-DE-E} evolves. |
[1] cell infected with Chlamydia The Bavoil laboratory studies the pathogenesis of the obligate intracellular pathogen, Chlamydia, and its bacteriophages. Specific research areas include the role of Chlamydia type III secretion in pathogenesis and development, the impact of Chlamydia phage infection on disease, the role of the polymorphic membrane protein family of C. trachomatis in infection and disease and comparative genomics within the Chlamydiaceae. [1] Chlamydia trachomatis wiki, is copyrighted source: http://www.dental.umaryland.edu/ sebin/p/o/chlamydia_infected_cell2.jpg [2] wiki, public domain source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chl amydia_trachomatis | |
2,775,000,000 YBN | 6309) The Eubacteria Phylum Chlorobi {KlOROBE} evolves (green sulphur bacteria). |
[1] Description Deutsch: Grüne Schwefelbakterien (Chlorobiaceae) im unteren Bereich einer Winogradsky-Säule Date 20.03.2007 (20 March 2007 (original upload date)) Source Transferred from de.wikipedia; transfer was stated to be made by User:Jacopo Werther. (Original text : Mikrobiologie Praktikum Universität Kassel März 2007) Author kOchstudiO. Original uploader was KOchstudiO at de.wikipedia Permission (Reusing this file) Released into the public domain (by the author). (Original text : uneingeschränkte Nutzung) PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/e/e7/Green_d_winogradsky.j pg [2] Campbell, N.A., and J.B. Reece. Biology. Pearson Benjamin Cummings, 2008. Alternative eText Formats Series, p194. COPYRIGHTED source: Campbell, N.A., and J.B. Reece. Biology. Pearson Benjamin Cummings, 2008. Alternative eText Formats Series, p194. | |
2,775,000,000 YBN | 6310) The Eubacteria Phylum Verrucomicrobia (VeR-rUKO-mI-KrO-BEo) evolves. |
[1] Figure 1 Transmission electron micrographs of high-pressure frozen and cryosubstituted Verrucomicrobium spinosum. A. Cell prepared by high-pressure freezing and cryosubstitution showing prostheca (PT), paryphoplasm (P), and an intracytoplasmic membrane (ICM) enclosing a pirellulosome region containing a condensed fibrillar nucleoid (N). Inset: enlarged view of area of cell outlined in the white box showing cytoplasmic membrane (CM), paryphoplasm and ICM. B. freeze-fracture replica of cell showing cross-fractured paryphoplasm (P) and fracture faces of ICM and CM. Bar – 500 nm Lee et al. BMC Microbiology 2009 9:5 doi:10.1186/1471-2180-9-5 CC source: http://www.biomedcentral.com/con tent/figures/1471-2180-9-5-1-l.jpg [2] Figure 2 Transmission electron micrograph of high-pressure frozen and cryosubstituted Verrucomicrobium spinosum. Cell prepared by high-pressure freezing and cryosubstitution showing prostheca (PT), ribosome-free paryphoplasm (P), and an intracytoplasmic membrane (ICM) enclosing a pirellulosome region containing a condensed fibrillar nucleoid (N). Membrane-bounded vesicle-like compartments within some prosthecae extensions are also present (see arrowheads). Bar – 1 μm Lee et al. BMC Microbiology 2009 9:5 doi:10.1186/1471-2180-9-5 CC source: http://www.biomedcentral.com/con tent/figures/1471-2180-9-5-2-l.jpg | |
2,730,000,000 YBN | 80) Endo and exocytosis evolve. Cells can now eat other cells. In endocytosis the plasma membrane folds inward to bring substances into the cell. In Exocytosis substances contained in vesicles are released from the cell. |
[1] Endocytosis and Exocytosis: For example, this electron micrograph is showing the process of exocytosis . The process begins by fusion of the membranes at the peripheral pole of the granule. Then an opening is created which widens to look like an omicron figure. This opening allows the granular material to be released. The membrane is now part of the plasma membrane and any proteins carried with it can be incorporated into the plasma membrane. Note that there is no coating on the membrane. This figure was taken from Alberts et al, Molecular Biology of the Cell, Garland Publishing Third Edition, 1994 In contrast, this micrograph shows a figure which looks something like an omicron, however, this view is showing receptor mediated endocytosis of virus particles. In both cases, the membrane is coated with clathrin and these represent classical receptor mediated endocytosis profiles. Most ligands cannot be visualized by themselves, like a virus particle. Therefore, the cytochemist must attach label to the ligand. Alternatively, the cytochemist could immunocytochemically detect the receptor with antibodies that recognize the extracellular domain. This figure was taken from Endocytosis, Edited by Ira Pastan and Mark C. Willingham, Plenum Press, N.Y., 1985 COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.cytochemistry.net/cel l-biology/end7.jpg [2] Pinocytosis In the process of pinocytosis the plasma membrane froms an invagination. What ever substance is found within the area of invagination is brought into the cell. In general this material will be dissolved in water and thus this process is also refered to as ''cellular drinking'' to indicate that liquids and material dissolved in liquids are ingested by the cell. This is opposed to the ingestion of large particulate material like bacteria or other cells or cell debris. UNKNOWN source: http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.ed u/biology/bio4fv/page/endocytb.htm | |
2,700,000,000 YBN | 60) The eukaryotic cell evolves. The first cell with a nucleus. The first protist. The nucleus may develop from the infolding of plasma membrane. There are some differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells: In prokaryotic cells the DNA is concentrated in a region that is not membrane enclosed called the "nucleoid" while in eukaryotic cells most of the DNA is contained in a nucleus that is bounded by a double membrane. Eukaryotic cells are generally much larger than prokaryotic cells. Typical bacteria are between 1-5 um in diameter, while eukaryotic cells are typically 10-100 um in diameter. Unlike prokaryotic cells, eukaryotic cells have a cytoskeleton. The cytoskeleton enables eukaryotic cells to change their shape and to surround and engulf other cells. Eukaryotic cells also have internal structures that prokaryotic cells lack such as mitochondria and plastids. DNA in prokaryotic cells is usually in the form of a single circular chromosome, while DNA in the nucleus of eukaryotes contains linear chromosomes. Like prokaryotes, this cell is probably haploid (has a single unique DNA), most eukaryotes are diploid (having two sets of DNA). All protists, fungi, animals and plant cells descend from this common eukaryotic cell. |
[1] Campbell, Reece, et al, ''Biology'', 2008, p517. COPYRIGHTED source: Campbell, Reece, et al, "Biology", 2008, p517. [2] http://www.regx.de/m_organisms.php#planc to source: http://www.regx.de/m_organisms.p hp#plancto | |
2,700,000,000 YBN | 62) The earliest molecular fossil evidence of eukaryotes (sterane {STiRAN} molecules). Steranes are formed from sterols {STeRoLZ}, molecules made by mitochondria. | Northwestern Australia |
[1] Jochen J. Brocks, Graham A. Logan, Roger Buick, Roger E. Summons, ''Archean Molecular Fossils and the Early Rise of Eukaryotes'', Science, Vol 285, Issue 5430, 13 August 1999, p1033-1036. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/285/ 5430/1033.short and http://www.jstor.org/stable/2898534 COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.sciencemag.org/conten t/285/5430/1033.short and http://www.jstor.org/stable/2898534 |
2,700,000,000 YBN | 198) The endoplasmic reticulum evolves in a eukaryotic cell. The endoplasmic reticulum is a membrane system that extends from the nucleus, important in the synthesis of proteins and lipids. |
[1] Figure 1 : Image of n, endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus. (1) Nucleus. (2) Nuclear pore. (3) Rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER). (4) Smooth endoplasmic reticulum (SER). (5) Ribosome on the rough ER. (6) Proteins that are transported. (7) Transport vesicle. (8) Golgi apparatus. (9) Cis face of the Golgi apparatus. (10) Trans face of the Golgi apparatus. (11) Cisternae of the Golgi apparatus. I am the copyright holder of that image (I might even have the CorelDraw file around somewhere:-), and I hereby place the image and all partial images created from it in the public domain. So, you are free to use it any way you like. In fact, I am delighted that one of my drawings makes it into print! I can mail you the .cdr file, if you like (and if I can find it), if you need a better resolution for printing. Yours, Magnus Manske Source: See also User:Magnus Manske source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Nucleus_ER_golgi.jpg [2] Description English: The elongation and membrane targeting stages of eukaryotic translation. The ribosome is green and yellow, the tRNAs are dark blue, and the other proteins involved are light blue. CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/3/3c/Translation.gif | |
2,690,000,000 YBN | 207) The cytoskeleton {SI-Te-SKeL-i-TN} forms in the eukaryote cytoplasm. |
[1] English: Endothelial cells under the microscope. Nuclei are stained blue with DAPI, microtubles are marked green by an antibody bound to FITC and actin filaments are labelled red with phalloidin bound to TRITC. Bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cells http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/images / PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/0/09/FluorescentCells.jpg [2] FIG. 7. In vitro polymerization of cytoskeletal proteins of the MinD/ParA superfamily. (A) Formation of MinD filament bundles in the presence of MinE, ATP, and phospholipid vesicles. One end of the bundle is markedly frayed because of the presence of MinE. (Reprinted from reference 198 with permission of the publisher. Copyright 2003 National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A.) (B) Formation of a ParApTP228(ParF) filament bundle in the presence of ParBpTP228(ParG) and ATP. ParBpTP228(ParG) stimulates formation of the frayed end(s) of the ParApTP228(ParF) bundle. (Reprinted from reference 11 by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd.) (C) Formation of Soj filaments in the presence of DNA and ATP. (Reprinted from reference 116 by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd.) UNKNOWN source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/ articles/PMC1594594/bin/zmr0030621350007 .jpg | |
2,690,000,000 YBN | 208) The eukaryote flagellum and cilia evolve. The eukaryote flagellum and cilia are structurally the same but are very different from the prokaryote flagellum. The eukaryote flagellum is composed of a characteristic "9+2" arrangement of microtubules {mIKrO-TUB-YU-LZ}. Unlike the prokaryote flagella that rotate, the flagella and cilia of eukaryotic cells undulate in a wave-like motion to propel the cell. The sperm cells of algae, animals, and some plants have flagella. |
[1] Cilia and flagella are projections from the cell. They are made up of microtubules , as shown in this cartoon and are covered by an extension of the plasma membrane. They are motile and designed either to move the cell itself or to move substances over or around the cell. The primary purpose of cilia in mammalian cells is to move fluid, mucous, or cells over their surface. Cilia and flagella have the same internal structure. The major difference is in their length. This figure shows a cross section of a cilium next to a longitudinal section. Below, we will see how the microtubules are organized in the core (shown in the cartoon in this figure). Also shown is the centriole or basal body that organizes the formation and direction of the cilia. COPYRIGHTED source: Description Transmission electron microscope image, showing an example of green algae (Chlorophyta). Chlamydomanas reinhardtii is a unicellular flagellate used as a model system in molecular genetics work and flagellar motility studies. This image is a longitudinal section through the flagella area. In the cell apex is the basal body that is the anchoring site for a flagella. Basal bodies originate from and have a substructure similar to that of centrioles, with nine peripheral microtubule triplets(see structure at bottom center of image). The two inner microtubules of each triplet in a basal body become the two outer doublets in the flagella. This image also shows the transition region, with its fibers of the stellate structure. The top of the image shows the flagella passing through the cell wall. Date 20 September 2007 Source Source and public domain notice at http://remf.dartmouth.edu/imagesindex.ht ml Author Dartmouth Electron Microscope Facility, Dartmouth College PD [2] This figure shows an electron micrograph of a cross section of a cilium. Note that you can see the dynein arms and the nexin links. The dynein arms have ATPase activity. In the presence of ATP, they can move from one tubulin to another. They enable the tubules to slide along one another so the cilium can bend. The dynein bridges are regulated so that sliding leads to synchronized bending. Because of the nexin and radial spokes, the doublets are held in place so sliding is limited lengthwise. If nexin and the radial spokes are subjected to enzyme digestion, and exposed to ATP, the doublets will continue to slide and telescope up to 9X their length. COPYRIGHTED source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Chlamydomonas_T EM_09.jpg/1280px-Chlamydomonas_TEM_09.jp g | |
2,680,000,000 YBN | 65) The circular chromosome in the eukaryote nucleus changes into linear chromosomes. Although the eukaryotic cell may have descended from a prokaryote that already had linear DNA. |
[1] A DNA molecule is very long (a few meters) but extremely thin (narrow; measured in nanometers). Here is an electron microscope photo of a DNA strand: PD source: http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect20/ dna1.jpg [2] [t Is this an accurate image? - Is a chromosome made of a single wound strand of DNA? update- no see image 8] Every cell in the human body (except red blood cells) contains 23 pairs of chromosomes. (a) Each chromosome is made up of a tightly coiled strand of DNA. (b) DNA’s uncoiled state reveals its familiar double helix shape. If DNA is pictured as a twisted ladder, its sides, made of sugar and phosphate molecules, are connected by (c) rungs made of chemicals called bases. DNA has four bases—adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine—that form interlocking pairs. The order of the bases along the length of the ladder is the DNA sequence. PD source: https://www.llnl.gov/str/June03/ gifs/Stubbs1.gif | |
2,680,000,000 YBN | 216) Histones evolve. Histones are proteins found in all eukaryotic cell nuclei that package and order a single continuous DNA molecule into structural units called nucleosomes {nUKlEuSOMZ}. |
[1] Campbell, N.A., and J.B. Reece. Biology. Pearson Benjamin Cummings, 2008. Alternative eText Formats Series. COPYRIGHTED source: Campbell, N.A., and J.B. Reece. Biology. Pearson Benjamin Cummings, 2008. Alternative eText Formats Series. [2] Description Schematic representation of the assembly of the core histones into the nucleosome Date 15 November 2005 Source English Wikipedia Author Richard Wheeler (Zephyris) GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/8/8a/Nucleosome_structure. png | |
2,680,000,000 YBN | 291) The eukaryote cell evolves two intermediate stages between cell division and DNA synthesis. In prokaryotes, DNA synthesis can take place uninterrupted between cell divisions, but eukaryotes duplicate their DNA exactly once during a discrete period between cell divisions. |
[1] Figure 14.1Phases of the cell cycle The division cycle of most eukaryotic cells is divided into four discrete phases: M, G1, S, and G2. M phase (mitosis) is usually followed by cytokinesis. S phase is the period during which DNA replication occurs. The cell grows throughout interphase, which includes G1, S, and G2. The relative lengths of the cell cycle phases shown here are typical of rapidly replicating mammalian cells. From: The Eukaryotic Cell Cycle The Cell: A Molecular Approach. 2nd edition. Cooper GM. Sunderland (MA): Sinauer Associates; 2000. Copyright © 2000, Geoffrey M Cooper. COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/book s/NBK9876/bin/ch14f1.jpg [2] The cell cycle. Image from Purves et al., Life: The Science of Biology, 4th Edition, by Sinauer Associates (www.sinauer.com) and WH Freeman (www.whfreeman.com) COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/facu lty/farabee/biobk/cellcycle.gif | |
2,670,000,000 YBN | 199) The Eukaryote Golgi Apparatus evolves. The Golgi apparatus packages proteins and lipids into vesicles for delivery to targeted destinations. |
[1] Figure 1: Image of nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus: (1) Nucleus, (2) Nuclear pore, (3) Rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER), (4) Smooth endoplasmic reticulum (SER), (5) Ribosome on the rough ER, (6) Proteins that are transported, (7) Transport vesicle, (8) Golgi apparatus, (9) Cis face of the Golgi apparatus, (10) Trans face of the Golgi apparatus, (11) Cisternae of the Golgi apparatus, (12) Secretory vesicle, (13) Plasma membrane, (14) Exocytosis, (15) Cytoplasm, (16) Extracellular space. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Nucleus_ER_golgi_ex.jpg [2] no description UNKNOWN source: http://sun.menloschool.org/~cwea ver/cells/e/lysosomes/ | |
2,670,000,000 YBN | 290) The nucleolus evolves. The nucleolus is a sphere in the nucleus that makes ribosomal RNA. |
[1] Nucleolus, COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.eccentrix.com/members /chempics/Slike/cell/Nucleolus.jpg [2] With the combination of x-rays from the Advanced Light Source and a new protein-labeling technique, scientists can see the distribution of the nucleoli within the nucleus of a mammary epithelial cell. USG PD source: http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Artic les/Archive/xray-inside-cells.html | |
2,660,000,000 YBN | 72) Mitosis evolves in Eukaryote cells. Mitosis is the process in eukaryotic cell division in which the duplicated chromosomes are separated and the nucleus divides resulting in two new nuclei, each of which contains an identical copy of the parental chromosomes. Mitosis is usually immediately followed by cytokinesis, the division of the cytoplasm. |
[1] Mitosis divides genetic information during cell division Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/primer /genetics_cell.html This image is from the Science Primer, a work of the National Center for Biotechnology Information, part of the National Institutes of Health. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mit osis [2] Prophase: The two round objects above the nucleus are the centrosomes. Note the condensed chromatin. from Gray's Anatomy. Unless stated otherwise, it is from the online edition of the 20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, originally published in 1918. Online editions can be found on Bartleby and also on Yahoo! source: UNKNOWN | |
2,640,000,000 YBN | 73) Eukaryote sex evolves. This is the first diploid cell and the first zygote. Because of sex, two cells with different DNA can mix providing more genetic variety. Having two chromosome sets also provides a backup copy of important genes. All sexual species alternate between haploid and diploid. There are three main different types of sexual life cycles; haplontic, haplodiplontic, and diplontic. This begins the haplontic life cycle: in the entire life cycle mitosis only occurs in the haploid phase; the only diploid cell is the zygote. This fusion of two haploid cells results in the first diploid single-celled organism, which may then immediately divide back to two haploid cells. Initially sex may be the fusion of two indistinguishable cells (isogamy) with gender (anisogamy) only evolving later. Although possibly eukaryote cell fusion and gender is directly descended from prokaryote conjugation. |
[1] Theoretical first eukaryote sex adapted from image of gametic meiosis GNU source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Zygotic_meiosis.jpg [2] Theoretical first eukaryote sex adapted from image of gametic meiosis GNU source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Zygotic_meiosis.jpg | |
2,640,000,000 YBN | 206) Meiosis evolves (one-step meiosis: a single cell division of a diploid cell into two haploid cells). Meiosis, which looks similar to mitosis, is the process of cell division in sexually reproducing organisms that reduces the number of chromosomes in reproductive cells from diploid to haploid, leading to the production of gametes in animals and spores in plants. Without the reduction back to haploid, genomes would double in size with every generation. |
[1] Theoretical first eukaryote sex adapted from image of gametic meiosis GNU source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Zygotic_meiosis.jpg [2] Theoretical first eukaryote sex adapted from image of gametic meiosis GNU source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Zygotic_meiosis.jpg | |
2,610,000,000 YBN | 296) Gender in eukaryotes evolves. Anisogamy {aNISoGomE}, sex (cell and nucleus fusion) between two cells that are different in size or shape. |
[1] Combination of images: Description English: Different types of isogamy: A) Isogamy of motile cells B) Isogamy of non-motile cells C) Conjugation of gametangia Date 30 July 2008 Source Vectorised SVG version of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Isoga my.png Author Original bitmap version by Tameeria, SVG version by Qef Other versions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image: Isogamy.png PD AND Description Different types of en:anisogamy: A) Anisogamy of motile gametes B) Oogamy (non-motile egg cell, motile sperm cell) C) Anisogamy of non-motile gametes Date 2008-06-30 02:07 (UTC) Source Anisogamy.png Author This SVG version by Qef (talk) Anisogamy.png: Original uploader was Tameeria at en.wikipedia Later versions were uploaded by Helix84 at en.wikipedia. PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/d/d5/Isogamy.svghttp://upl oad.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7 /Anisogamy.svg [2] Description Different types of en:anisogamy: A) Anisogamy of motile gametes B) Oogamy (non-motile egg cell, motile sperm cell) C) Anisogamy of non-motile gametes Date 2008-06-30 02:07 (UTC) Source Anisogamy.png Author This SVG version by Qef (talk) Anisogamy.png: Original uploader was Tameeria at en.wikipedia Later versions were uploaded by Helix84 at en.wikipedia. PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Anisogamy.svg/1 000px-Anisogamy.svg.png | |
2,590,000,000 YBN | 298) Oogamy {O-oG-omE}, a form of anisogamy, evolves in protists: sex between a flagellated gamete and an unflagellated gamete. |
[1] Combination of images: Description English: Different types of isogamy: A) Isogamy of motile cells B) Isogamy of non-motile cells C) Conjugation of gametangia Date 30 July 2008 Source Vectorised SVG version of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Isoga my.png Author Original bitmap version by Tameeria, SVG version by Qef Other versions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image: Isogamy.png PD AND Description Different types of en:anisogamy: A) Anisogamy of motile gametes B) Oogamy (non-motile egg cell, motile sperm cell) C) Anisogamy of non-motile gametes Date 2008-06-30 02:07 (UTC) Source Anisogamy.png Author This SVG version by Qef (talk) Anisogamy.png: Original uploader was Tameeria at en.wikipedia Later versions were uploaded by Helix84 at en.wikipedia. PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/d/d5/Isogamy.svghttp://upl oad.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7 /Anisogamy.svg [2] Description English: A sperm cell fertilizing an egg cell Date Source http://www.pdimages.com/web9.htm Autho r Unknown Permission (Reusing this file) http://www.pdimages.com/web9.htm P D source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/8/86/Sperm-egg.jpg | |
2,570,000,000 YBN | 295) Two-step meiosis (diploid DNA copies and then the cell divides twice into four haploid cells). Most protists divide by two-step meiosis, and one-step meiosis is rare. |
[1] GametoGenesis. COPYRIGHTED EDU source: http://www.bio.miami.edu/dana/10 4/gametogenesis.jpg [2] Sexual cycle oxymonas, identical to saccinobaculus, one step meiosis. haploid. COPYRIGHTED CANADA source: http://www.zoology.ubc.ca/~redfi eld/clevelan/oxymonas.GIF | |
2,558,000,000 YBN | 171) The Eubacteria phylum "Deinococcus-Thermus" evolves (includes Thermus Aquaticus {used in PCR}, and Deinococcus radiodurans {which can survive long exposure to radiation}). |
[1] D. radiodurans growing on a nutrient agar plate. The red color is due to carotenoid pigment. Links to 816x711-pixel, 351KB JPG. Credit: M. Daly, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences NASA source: http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/ headlines/images/conan/D_rad_dish.jpg [2] Photomicrograph of Deinococcus radiodurans, from www.ornl.gov/ORNLReview/ v34 The Oak Ridge National Laboratory United States Federal Government This work is in the public domain because it is a work of the United States Federal Government. This applies worldwide. See Copyright. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Deinococcus.jpg | |
2,558,000,000 YBN | 172) The Eubacteria phylum, Cyanobacteria {SIe-NO-BaK-TERE-u} evolves. Cyanobacteria are the only prokaryotes with oxygen-producing photosynthesis, and are the ancestor of all eukaryote plastids (for example chloroplasts). |
[1] Oscillatoria COPYRIGHTED EDU source: http://www.stcsc.edu/ecology/alg ae/oscillatoria.jpg [2] Lyngbya COPYRIGHTED EDU source: http://www.stanford.edu/~bohanna n/Media/LYNGB5.jpg | |
2,558,000,000 YBN | 315) The Eubacteria Phylum Chloroflexi evolves; (Green Non-Sulphur bacteria). |
[1] Chloroflexus photomicrograph from Doe Joint Genome Institute of US Dept Energy PD source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Chlorofl.jpg | |
2,500,000,000 YBN | 52) The end of the Archean and start of the Proterozoic {PrOTReZOiK or ProTReZOiK} Eon. The Proterozoic spans from 2,500 to 542 million years ago, and represents 42% of Earth's history. |
[1] Geologic Time Scale 2009 UNKNOWN source: http://www.geosociety.org/scienc e/timescale/timescl.pdf | |
2,480,000,000 YBN | 170) Bacteria live on land. |
[1] Acidic waste water from a modern mining site supports the same oxygen using bacterial life that appeared on Earth 2.48 billion years ago. UNKNOWN source: http://media.news.ualberta.ca/~/ media/University%20of%20Alberta/Administ ration/External%20Relations/ExpressNews/ Images/2011/10/111020-RocksBanner-cw.jpg [2] Bacillus specie soil bacteria. UNKNOWN source: http://www.scharfphoto.com/fine_ art_prints/archives/199812-054-Soil-Bact eria.jpg | |
2,400,000,000 YBN | 59) Start of a 200 million year ice age. |
[1] snowball Earth UNKNOWN source: http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/fi les/imagecache/feature/files/features/pr int/20090528_snowball_earth.jpg [2] Snowball Earth Snowball Earth describes a theory that for millions of years the Earth was entirely smothered in ice, stretching from the poles to the tropics. This freezing happened over 650 million years ago in the Pre-Cambrian, though it's now thought that there may have been more than one of these global glaciations. They varied in duration and extent but during a full-on snowball event, life could only cling on in ice-free refuges, or where sunlight managed to penetrate through the ice to allow photosynthesis. UNKNOWN source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/imag es/ic/credit/640x395/s/sn/snowball_earth /snowball_earth_1.jpg | |
2,300,000,000 YBN | 48) The oldest "Red Beds", iron oxide formed on land, begin here, and are also evidence of more free oxygen in the air of Earth. |
[1] http://www.kgs.ukans.edu/Extension/redhi lls/redhills.html source: http://www.kgs.ukans.edu/Extensi on/redhills/redhills.html [2] In Archean rocks, metals tend to occur in low oxidation states (for example, Fe2+ instead of Fe3+) indicating a high metal:oxygen ratio in the oceans and atmosphere. The sediments are essentially rust-free. After the late Proterozoic, sedimentary deposits often have reddish colors and are called red beds due to the presence of iron-oxide coatings between sand grains. From the later Proterozoic onward, enough free oxygen has been available to oxidize iron in sediments. A sandstone butte outside of Sedona, Arizona. Public domain image by Jon Sullivan. PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/3/38/Butte_pdphoto_roadtri p_24_bg_021604.jpg | |
2,000,000,000 YBN | 63) A parasitic bacterium, closely related to Rickettsia prowazekii, an aerobic proteobacteria, is engulfed by an early eukaryotic cell. Over time a symbiotic relationship evolves within the eukaryotic cell (an endosymbiosis) where the Rickettsia become mitochondria. Mitochondria are membrane-bound organelles found in the cytoplasm of almost all eukaryotic cells, and are where cellular respiration occurs producing most of the ATP in a eukaryotic cell. |
[1] Figure from: Michael W. Gray, et al, ''Genome structure and gene content in protist mitochondrial DNAs'', Nucl. Acids Res. (1998) 26(4): 865-878 doi:10.1093/nar/26.4.865 http://nar.oxfordjournals.org/content/ 26/4/865.full Phylogenetic hypothesis of the eukaryotic lineage based on ultrastructural and molecular data. Organisms are divided into three main groups distinguished by mitochondrial cristal shape (either discoidal, flattened or tubular). Unbroken lines indicate phylogenetic relationships that are firmly supported by available data; broken lines indicate uncertainties in phylogenetic placement, resolution of which will require additional data. Color coding of organismal genus names indicates mitochondrial genomes that have been completely (Table 1), almost completely (Jakoba, Naegleria and Thraustochytrium) or partially (*) sequenced by the OGMP (red), the FMGP (black) or other groups (green). Names in blue indicate those species whose mtDNAs are currently being sequenced by the OGMP or are future candidates for complete sequencing. Amitochondriate retortamonads are positioned at the base of the tree, with broken arrows denoting the endosymbiotic origin(s) of mitochondria from a Rickettsia-like eubacterium. Macrophar., Macropharyngomonas. source: http://nar.oxfordjournals.org/co ntent/vol26/issue4/images/gkb18201.gif [2] Figure 1 Phylogenetic tree of eukaryotes based on ultrastructural and molecular data. Organisms are sub-divided into main groups as discussed in the text. Only a few representative species for which complete (or almost complete) mtDNA sequences are known are shown in each lineage. In some cases, line drawings or actual pictures of the organisms are provided (Acanthamoeba, M. Nagata; URL: http://protist.i.hosei.ac.jp/PDB/PCD3379 /htmls/21.html; Allomyces, Tom Volk; URL: http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/images/332/ Chytridiomycota/Allomyces_r_So_pa/A._arb uscula_pit._sporangia_tjv.html; Amoebidium, URL: http://cgdc3.igmors.upsud.fr/microbiolog ie/mesomycetozoaires.htm; Marchantia, URL: http://www.science.siu.edu/landplants/He patophyta/images/March.female.JPEG Scenedesmus, Entwisle et al., http://www.rbgsyd.gov.au/_data/page/1824 /Scenedesmus.gif). The color-coding of the main groups (alternating between dark and light blue) on the outer circle corresponds to the color-coding of the species names. Unbroken lines indicate phylogenetic relationships that are firmly supported by available molecular data; broken lines indicate uncertainties in phylogenetic placement, resolution of which will require additional sequence data. [t: why not color code or add which type of mito?] source: http://arjournals.annualreviews. org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev.genet.37.11 0801.142526 | |
1,874,000,000 YBN | 61) The earliest large filamentous fossil (Grypania). Grypania spiralis is about 10 cm long, and is thought to be either a green alga or large cyanobacterium. If eukaryote, Grypania would be the earliest eukaryote fossil. | (Banded Iron Formation) Michigan, USA |
[1] file:/root/web/Grypania_spiralis_wmel000 0.htm source: file:/root/web/Grypania_spiralis _wmel0000.htm [2] http://www.peripatus.gen.nz/paleontology /lrgGrypaniaspiralis.jpg source: http://www.peripatus.gen.nz/pale ontology/lrgGrypaniaspiralis.jpg |
1,800,000,000 YBN | 46) The end of the Banded Iron Formation. |
[1] Ted Huntington PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/6/62/MichiganBIF.jpg [2] Ted Huntington PD source: Ted Huntington | |
1,570,000,000 YBN | 99) The first homeobox genes evolve. These genes regulate the building of major body parts in algae, plants, fungi and animals. For example, when a homeobox gene responsible for growing a mouse eye is added to the cell of a fruit-fly embryo that is destined to be a leg, an extra fruit fly eye is built on the leg. |
[1] {ULSF: Homeobox genes} Desajustes en el modelo UNKNOWN source: http://cnho.files.wordpress.com/ 2010/07/hox_genes_illus.png [2] {ULSF: Homeobox genes} UNKNOWN source: http://cnho.files.wordpress.com/ 2010/07/homeobox1.jpg | |
1,570,000,000 YBN | 197) The ancestor of all living eukaryotes divides into bikont and unikont descendants. Bikonts lead to all Chromalveolates, Excavates, Rhizaria, and Plants. Unikonts lead to all Amoebozoa, Animals and Fungi. |
[1] Figure 1: Figure 1. Eukaryote phylogeny integrating ultrastructure, sequence trees, gene fusions and molecular cladistic markers. The unikont topology is established, but the branching order of the six bikont groups remains uncertain. The single enslavement [12] of a red alga (R) to create chromalveolates is supported by a plastid glyceraldehyde phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) replacement [13]. Whether there was a single enslavement of a green alga (G) to form cabozoa or two separate enslavements (asterisks) to form Cercozoa and Excavata is uncertain [12], as is the position of Heliozoa [14]. Polyubiquitin [15] and EF-1α[16] insertions strongly support the clades core Rhizaria and opisthokonts. The inset shows the BamHI restriction fragment from H. cantabrigiensis that was sequenced and analysed in this study, spanning the DHFR and the amino terminus of the TS gene (red, introns are green). The length of the noncoding regions upstream and downstream of the DHFR gene from one of the clones is indicated. Figure 1 from: Stechmann A, Cavalier-Smith T, ''The root of the eukaryote tree pinpointed.'', 2003, Curr. Biol. 13, R665–R666. doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00602-X. http ://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article /pii/S096098220300602X COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.sciencedirect.com/sci ence?_ob=MiamiCaptionURL&_method=retriev e&_eid=1-s2.0-S096098220300602X&_image=1 -s2.0-S096098220300602X-gr1_lrg.jpg&_ba= &_fmt=full&_orig=na&_issn=09609822&_pii= S096098220300602X&_isHiQual=Y&_acct=C000 059600&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid= 4422&md5=cec46b2161caca87740f4ff34545ab6 9 [2] cavalier-smith diagram COPYRIGHTED source: cavalier_jmolevol_2003_56_540-56 3.pdf | |
1,520,000,000 YBN | 202) The Protist Phylum Amoebozoa evolves (amoebas, slime molds). Feeding using pseudopods evolves. |
[1] SUBPHYLUM Lobosa CLASS Amoebaea Chaos diffluens, an amoeba. Photo released by Dr. Ralf Wagner. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Chaos_diffluens.jpg [2] CLASS Amoebaea Mayorella (may-or -ell-a) a medium sized free-living naked amoeba with conical pseudopodia. Central body is the nucleus. Phase contrast. This picture was taken by David Patterson of material from Limulus-ridden sediments at Plum Island (Massachusetts USA) in spring and summer, 2001. NONCOMMERCIAL USE source: http://microscope.mbl.edu/script s/microscope.php?func=imgDetail&imageID= 515 | |
1,520,000,000 YBN | 203) Colonialism (where cells form a colony) evolves for the first time in Eukaryotes. |
[1] [t Note that this Chrysophytes {golden algae} do not evolve genetically until much later - but I can't find colonial euglinas or kinetoplasts- dinobryon look very similar to euglenas however, even with a red eyespot- which implies a close relation.] [1] Dinobryon, a colony of Chrysophytes showing flagella and red eyespots UNKNOWN source: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/ mag//imagsmall/Dinobryonb.jpg [2] [t Note that this CHrysophytes {golden algae} do not evolve genetically until much later - but I can't find colonial euglinas or kinetoplasts] [2] golden algae colony (synura) Scanning EM showing the colony of cells covered with scales By Joel Mancuso UNKNOWN source: http://farm1.staticflickr.com/38 /110623789_7d189c795b_b.jpg | |
1,500,000,000 YBN | 15) The first "plastids" evolve. Cyanobacteria form plastids through endosymbiosis within a eukaryotic cell. Like mitochondria, these organelles copy themselves and are not made by the cell DNA. Plastids provide the eukaryotic cell with food from photosynthesis and gain protection by living within the cell. |
[1] Description Plagiomnium affine, Laminazellen, Rostock Date created 01.11.2006 Source photographed by myself Author Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh Permission (Reusing this file) GFDL source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/4/49/Plagiomnium_affine_la minazellen.jpeg | |
1,500,000,000 YBN | 86) The first plant (ancestor of all green and red algae and land plants). This begins the plant kingdom. The first plant is probably unicellular, similar to the glaucophytes {GlxKoFITS}. |
[1] ? COPYRIGHTED source: http://protist.i.hosei.ac.jp/PDB 3/PCD3711/htmls/86.html [2] (See Image) COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004). (c1500) | |
1,500,000,000 YBN | 220) Protists Opisthokonts (ancestor of Fungi, Choanoflagellates and Animals). |
[1] Parasite spore, SEM Z115/0073 Rights Managed Credit: EYE OF SCIENCE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Caption: Parasite spore. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a microsporidian (Tubulinosema ratisbonensis) spore cultured on human lung fibroblast cells (brown). Microsporidia are single-celled parasites. T. ratisbonenesis is a parasite of the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster), but may also be able to infect humans with weakened immune systems. The spore is the infective phase of the life cycle. It is excreted by the old host and enters the gut of a new host. The contents of the spore, the sporoplasm, is injected into the host's cell via the polar tubule. Once in the cell the organism divides many times with the resultant organisms producing more spores. Magnification: x10,000 at 10 centimetres wide. Release details: Model and property releases are not available UNKNOWN source: http://www.sciencephoto.com/imag e/365473/large/Z1150073-Parasite_spore,_ SEM-SPL.jpg [2] Parasite spore, SEM Z115/0073 Rights Managed Credit: EYE OF SCIENCE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Caption: Parasite spore. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a microsporidian (Tubulinosema ratisbonensis) spore cultured on human lung fibroblast cells (brown). Microsporidia are single-celled parasites. T. ratisbonenesis is a parasite of the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster), but may also be able to infect humans with weakened immune systems. The spore is the infective phase of the life cycle. It is excreted by the old host and enters the gut of a new host. The contents of the spore, the sporoplasm, is injected into the host's cell via the polar tubule. Once in the cell the organism divides many times with the resultant organisms producing more spores. Magnification: x10,000 at 10 centimetres wide. Release details: Model and property releases are not available UNKNOWN source: http://www.sciencephoto.com/imag e/365473/large/Z1150073-Parasite_spore,_ SEM-SPL.jpg | |
1,400,000,000 YBN | 209) The earliest extant plant: Glaucophyta {GlxKoFITu}. Glaucophytes are unicellular algae found in freshwater. |
[1] ? COPYRIGHTED source: http://protist.i.hosei.ac.jp/PDB 3/PCD3711/htmls/86.html [2] ? COPYRIGHTED source: http://protist.i.hosei.ac.jp/PDB /Images/Others/Glaucocystis/ | |
1,300,000,000 YBN | 188) The Plant Phylum Chlorophyta {KlORoFiTu} evolves, Green Algae: (ancestor of Volvox, Sea lettuce, Spirogyra, and Stoneworts). The first land plants most likely evolve from green algae. |
[1] Description Flagellar pit of Pyramimonas sp. / from Nigaku-Ike of University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki Pref., Japan / SEM:JEOL JSM-6330F / scale bar = 1.0μm Date 2009-05-04 18:30 (UTC) Source Pyramimonas_sp.jpg Author Pyramimonas_sp.jpg: ja:User:NEON / User:NEON_ja derivative work: Addicted04 (talk) CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/c/cb/Pyramimonas_sp_color. jpg [2] Micrograph of Volvox aureus. Copyright held by Dr. Ralf Wagner, uploaded to German Wikipedia under GFDL. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. Subject to disclaimers. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vol vox | |
1,300,000,000 YBN | 219) The plant Phylum Rhodophyta {rODOFITu} evolves (Red Algae). |
[1] Close-up of a red alga (Genus? Laurencia), Class Florideophyceae, Order=? a marine seaweed from Hawaii. GNU source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Laurencia.jpg [2] Bangia atropurpurea Profile: unbranched filaments in tufts. Often forming dense fringes in the spalsh zone. Uniseriate at base, multiseriate above with protoplasts separate in a firm gelatinous sheath. Stellate chloroplasts. US NOAA PD source: http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/seagra nt/GLWL/Algae/Rhodophyta/Cards/Bangia.ht ml | |
1,300,000,000 YBN | 323) The Protists Excavates: includes Parabasalids {PaRu-BAS-a-liDS}, and Diplomonads {DiP-lO-mO-naDZ} {like Giardia {JE-oR-DE-u}). |
[1] A timescale of eukaryote evolution. The times for each node are taken from the summary times in Table 1, except for nodes 1 (310 Ma), 2 (360 Ma), 3 (450 Ma), and 4 (520 Ma), which are from the fossil record [25]; nodes 8 (1450 Ma) and 16 (1587 Ma) are phylogenetically constrained and are the midpoints between adjacent nodes. Nodes 12–14 were similar in time and therefore shown as a multifurcation at 1000 Ma; likewise, nodes 21–22 are shown as a multifurcation at 1967 Ma. The star indicates the occurrence of red algae in the fossil record at 1200 Ma, the oldest taxonomically identifiable eukaryote [12]. Hedges et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2004 4:2 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-4-2 COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.biomedcentral.com/con tent/figures/1471-2148-4-2-2.jpg [2] Giardia lamblia, a parasitic flagellate that causes giardiasis. Image from public domain source at http://www.nigms.nih.gov/news/releases/i mages/para.jpg source: http://www.nigms.nih.gov/news/re leases/images/para.jpg | |
1,280,000,000 YBN | 38) (Filamentous) multicellularity in Eukaryotes evolves. In this organism, unlike single cell eukaryotes, cells stay fastened together after cell division. Multicellularity seems to have arisen multiple times independently in eukaryotes. | (earlest red alga fossils:) (Hunting Formation) Somerset Island, arctic Canada |
[1] Bodanella (bow-dan-ell-a) lauterbornii, a branching filamentous brown alga. Nearly all brown algae are marine organisms, but this species is found in the bottoms of freshwater lakes. Bright field. data on this strain. This image is of material from Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Culture of Marine Phytoplankton, images taken by David Patterson and Bob Andersen. Image copyright: Bob Andersen and D. J. Patterson, image used under license to MBL (micro*scope). NONCOMMERCIAL USE ONLY source: http://starcentral.mbl.edu/msr/r awdata/files/bodonella_bgz.zip [2] Bodanella (bow-dan-ell-a) lauterbornii, a branching filamentous brown alga. Nearly all brown algae are marine organisms, but this species is found in the bottoms of freshwater lakes. Bright field. data on this strain. This image is of material from Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Culture of Marine Phytoplankton, images taken by David Patterson and Bob Andersen. Image copyright: Bob Andersen and D. J. Patterson, image used under license to MBL (micro*scope). NONCOMMERCIAL USE ONLY source: http://starcentral.mbl.edu/msr/r awdata/viewable/bodonella_bgw.jpg |
1,280,000,000 YBN | 85) Differentiation in a multicellular eukaryote evolves. In addition to gamete (or spore) cells, there are somatic cells. Unlike gamete cells, somatic cells are asexual (non-fusing). This is the start of death by aging. Cell differentiation is how cells in a multicellular organism become specialized to perform specific functions in a variety of tissues and organs. |
[1] Volvoxcell differentiation. The pathways leading to germ cells or somatic cells are controlled by genes that cause cells to follow one or the other fate. Mutations can prevent the formation of one of these lineages. http://www.devbio.com/chap02/link0204.sh tml Although all the volvocaceans, like their unicellular relative Chlamydomonas, reproduce predominantly by asexual means, they are also capable of sexual reproduction, which involves the production and fusion of haploid gametes. In many species of Chlamydomonas, including the one illustrated in Figure 2.10, sexual reproduction is isogamous (“the same gametes”), since the haploid gametes that meet are similar in size, structure, and motility. However, in other species of Chlamydomonas—as well as many species of colonial volvocaceans—swimming gametes of very different sizes are produced by the different mating types. This pattern is called heterogamy (“different gametes”). But the larger volvocaceans have evolved a specialized form of heterogamy, called oogamy, which involves the production of large, relatively immotile eggs by one mating type and small, motile sperm by the other (see Sidelights and Speculations) UNKNOWN source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/book s/NBK10031/bin/ch2f12.jpg [2] Description English: Four Different Species of Volvocales Algae. (A) Gonium pectorale, (B) Eudorina elegans, (C) Pleodorina californica, and (D) Volvox carteri. These are unicellular organisms that live in colonies and have both large and small gametes. Date Published: June 15, 2004 Source Whitfield J: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sexes. PLoS Biol 2/6/2004: e183. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0 020183 Author Photo courtesy of Aurora M. Nedelcu, from the Volvocales Information Project (http://www.unbf.ca/vip/index.htm). Per mission (Reusing this file) See below. CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/c/c5/Volvocales.png | |
1,280,000,000 YBN | 210) Mitosis of diploid cells evolves. |
[1] Mitosis divides genetic information during cell division Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/primer /genetics_cell.html This image is from the Science Primer, a work of the National Center for Biotechnology Information, part of the National Institutes of Health. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mit osis [2] Prophase: The two round objects above the nucleus are the centrosomes. Note the condensed chromatin. from Gray's Anatomy. Unless stated otherwise, it is from the online edition of the 20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, originally published in 1918. Online editions can be found on Bartleby and also on Yahoo! source: UNKNOWN | |
1,280,000,000 YBN | 301) The haplodiplontic life cycle evolves (mitosis occurs in both haploid and diploid life stages). |
[1] Drawn by self for Biological life cycle Based on Freeman & Worth's Biology of Plants (p. 171). GNU source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Sporic_meiosis.png [2] Drawn by self for Biological life cycle Based on Freeman & Worth's Biology of Plants (p. 171). GNU source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Sporic_meiosis.png | |
1,274,000,000 YBN | 187) A captured red alga, through endosymbiosis, becomes a plastid in the ancestor of all chromalveolates. This is a secondary plastid endosymbiosis, where an algae cell is captured instead of a cyanobacterium. |
[1] Fig. 2. The tree of life based on molecular, ultrastructural and palaeontological evidence. Contrary to widespread assumptions, the root is among the eubacteria, probably within the double-enveloped Negibacteria, not between eubacteria and archaebacteria (Cavalier-Smith, 2002b); it may lie between Eobacteria and other Negibacteria (Cavalier-Smith, 2002b). The position of the eukaryotic root has been nearly as controversial, but is less hard to establish: it probably lies between unikonts and bikonts (Lang et al., 2002; Stechmann and Cavalier-Smith, 2002, 2003). For clarity the basal eukaryotic kingdom Protozoa is not labelled; it comprises four major groups (alveolates, cabozoa, Amoebozoa and Choanozoa) plus the small bikont phylum Apusozoa of unclear precise position; whether Heliozoa are protozoa as shown or chromists is uncertain (Cavalier-Smith, 2003b). Symbiogenetic cell enslavement occurred four or five times: in the origin of mitochondria and chloroplasts from different negibacteria, of chromalveolates by the enslaving of a red alga (Cavalier-Smith, 1999, 2003; Harper and Keeling, 2003) and in the origin of the green plastids of euglenoid (excavate) and chlorarachnean (cercozoan) algae—a green algal cell was enslaved either by the ancestral cabozoan (arrow) or (less likely) twice independently within excavates and Cercozoa (asterisks) (Cavalier-Smith, 2003a). The upper thumbnail sketch shows membrane topology in the chimaeric cryptophytes (class Cryptophyceae of the phylum Cryptista); in the ancestral chromist the former food vacuole membrane fused with the rough endoplasmic reticulum placing the enslaved cell within its lumen (red) to yield the complex membrane topology shown. The large host nucleus and the tiny nucleomorph are shown in blue, chloroplast green and mitochondrion purple. In chlorarachneans (class Chlorarachnea of phylum Cercozoa) the former food vacuole membrane remained topologically distinct from the ER to become an epiplastid membrane and so did not acquire ribosomes on its surface, but their membrane topology is otherwise similar to the cryptophytes. The other sketches portray the four major kinds of cell in the living world and their membrane topology. The upper ones show the contrasting ancestral microtubular cytoskeleton (ciliary roots, in red) of unikonts (a cone of single microtubules attaching the single centriole to the nucleus, blue) and bikonts (two bands of microtubules attached to the posterior centriole and an anterior fan of microtubules attached to the anterior centriole). The lower ones show the single plasma membrane of unibacteria (posibacteria plus archaebacteria), which were ancestral to eukaryotes and the double envelope of negibacteria, which were ancestral to mitochondria and chloroplasts (which retained the outer membrane, red). COPYRIGHTED source: http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/co ntent/95/1/147/F2.large.jpg [2] Figure 3: Fig. 3. Schematic representation of the evolutionary relationships and divergence times for the red, green, glaucophyte, and chromist algae. These photosynthetic groups are outgroup-rooted with the Opisthokonta which putatively ancestrally lacked a plastid. The branches on which the cyanobacterial (CB) primary and red algal chromist secondary endosymbioses occurred are shown Figure 3 from: Yoon, Hwan Su et al. “A Molecular Timeline for the Origin of Photosynthetic Eukaryotes.” Molecular Biology and Evolution 21.5 (2004): 809 -818. Print. http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/co ntent/21/5/809.abstract COPYRIGHTED source: http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/co ntent/21/5/809/F3.large.jpg | |
1,250,000,000 YBN | 88) The Protists "Chromalveolates" {KrOM-aL-VEO-leTS} evolve (ancestor of the Chromista {Cryptophytes, Haptophytes, and Stramenopiles {STro-meN-o-Pi-lEZ}} and Alveolates {aL-VEO-leTS}). |
[1] S. Blair Hedges and Sudhir Kumar, ''The TimeTree of Life'', 2009, p117-118. http://www.timetree.org/book. php COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.timetree.org/book.php [2] Hackett JD, Yoon HS, Butterfield NJ, Sanderson MJ, Bhattacharya D, ''Plastid endosymbiosis: Sources and timing of the major events.'', in: Falkowski P, Knoll A, editors. ''Evolution of primary producers in the sea.'', Elsevier; 2007, p120. COPYRIGHTED source: Hackett JD, Yoon HS, Butterfield NJ, Sanderson MJ, Bhattacharya D, "Plastid endosymbiosis: Sources and timing of the major events.", in: Falkowski P, Knoll A, editors. "Evolution of primary producers in the sea.", Elsevier; 2007, p120. | |
1,250,000,000 YBN | 201) The earliest certain eukaryote fossils and eukaryote filamentous multicellularity: Rhodophyta (red algae) fossils. | (Hunting Formation) Somerset Island, arctic Canada |
[1] Figure 4 from: Science 1990 vol 250 Butterfield N. J. A. H. Knoll K. Swett 1990 A bangiophyte red alga from the Proterozoic of Arctic Canada. Science 250: 104-107 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2877905 COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2877 905 [2] Figure 2 from: Science 1990 vol 250 Butterfield N. J. A. H. Knoll K. Swett 1990 A bangiophyte red alga from the Proterozoic of Arctic Canada. Science 250: 104-107 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2877905 COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2877 905 |
1,200,000,000 YBN | 221) The first fungi. This begins the Fungi Kingdom. Like animals, fungi are heterotrophic (unable to build structural materials by photosynthesis) and so must feed on other living things. Fungi live on organic material and are therefore generally parasitic (live or feed on another organism to the detriment of the host organism) or are saprophytic (live on dead or decaying organic matter). Some types of fungi, however, form symbioses with plants. |
[1] Microsporidia. Image from Sterling Parasitology Microsporidia Research. UNKNOWN source: http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/im ages/3/37/Micro2.jpg [2] Penicillium [t Note: Penecillium is a multicellular fungi.] UNKNOWN source: http://www.mold-help.org/pages/i mages/Penicillium.jpg | |
1,180,000,000 YBN | 6280) The Protists Alveolates {aL-VEO-leTS} (ancestor of all Ciliates, Apicomplexans, and Dinoflagellates {DInOFlaJeleTS}). |
[1] Unknown http://www.genome.gov/Images/pr ess_photos/highres/85-300.jpg PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Oxytricha_trifa llax.jpg/1024px-Oxytricha_trifallax.jpg [2] Description English: Unknown species of cilliate in the last stages of mitosis (cytokinesis), with cleavage furrow visible. Date Source Own work Author TheAlphaWolf CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/5/55/Unk.cilliate.jpg | |
1,100,000,000 YBN | 75) The oldest extant fungi phylum "Microsporidia" evolves. Microsporidia are obligate (survive only as) intracellular parasites of eukaryotes. |
[1] Sporoblast of the Microsporidium Fibrillanosema crangonycis. Electron micrograph taken by Leon White. GNU source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Fibrillanosema_spore.jpg [2] Spironema multiciliatum Spironema: Octosporoblastic sporogony producing horseshoe-shaped monokaryotic spores in sporophorous vesicles; monomorphic, diplokaryotic and monokaryotic; merogony - last generation merozoites are diplokaryotic; sporogony - initial division of the sporont nuclei is meiotic as indicated by the occurrence of synaptonemal complexes; spores are horse-shoe-shaped, with swollen ends in T. variabilis and have one elongate nucleus; exospore with three layers, endospore is of medium thickness; polaroplast composed of two lamellar parts, an anterior part of closely packed lamellae and a posterior part of wider compartments; polar tube is isofilar and forms, in the posterior quarter of the spore, 3-4 coils in a single rank (T. variabilis) or 8-10 coils in a single rank (T. chironomi); type species Toxoglugea vibrio in adipose tissue of larvae of Ceratopogon sp. (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae). Spironema (spire-oh-knee-ma) multiciliatum Klebs, 1893. Cells are lanceolate, relatively flattened and flexible. The cells have a spiral groove, long kinetics and a tail, which tapers posteriorly, and are about 15 - 21 microns without the tail. The nucleus is located anteriorly or near the centre of the cell. When the cells are squashed, the cells are more flexible. Food materials are seen under the cell surface. Rarely observed. This picture was taken by Won Je Lee using conventional photographic film using a Zeiss Axiophot microscope of material collected in marine sediments of Botany Bay (Sydney, Australia). The image description refers to material from Botany Bay. NONCOMMERCIAL USE source: http://microscope.mbl.edu/script s/microscope.php?func=imgDetail&imageID= 3928 | |
1,100,000,000 YBN | 313) The Protist Phylum "Dinoflagellata" evolves (the Dinoflagellates {DI-nO-Fla-Je-leTS}). |
[1] Dinoflagellate Ceratium sp. Phylum Dinoflagellata Upper Newport Bay, Orange County, CA. 9/22/12. © Peter J. Bryant COPYRIGHTED source: http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/Din oflagellates/DSC_6886b.jpg [2] Model of Pyrodinium bahamense, a dinoflagellate species, in the American Museum of Natural History Credit: Life’s Little Mysteries Fire water Have you ever seen glowing ocean water, like the bright blue surf pictured in the intro slide? The neon water is brimming with dinoflagellates, single-celled plankton with tails that slosh around together in vast numbers. These creatures have been highlighting Earth’s coastlines for 1.2 billion years, and for the past few millennia, they’ve puzzled humans, who used to attribute the glow of some ocean water to magic or the gods.Dinoflagellates still puzzle us; we know how they glow, but not why. They might have evolved bioluminescence as a way of frightening predators, or to reveal those predators’ locations by flashing when touched. Alternatively, their bioluminescence may just be a fancy way of ridding themselves of oxygen radicals (because the chemical reaction requires oxygen). Whatever the answer, they certainly make for a nice holiday in the Bahamas. UNKNOWN source: http://www.lifeslittlemysteries. com/images/i/1651/original/dinoflagellat e.jpg | |
1,080,000,000 YBN | 87) The Excavates Discicristates {DiSKIKriSTATS}; the ancestor of protists which have mitochondria with discoidal shaped cristae (includes euglenids, leishmanias {lEsmaNEuZ}, trypanosomes {TriPaNiSOMZ}, and acrasid {oKrASiD} slime molds). |
[1] euglena source: http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/Stratf ordLandingES/Ecology/mpages/euglena.htm [2] euglena source: http://protist.i.hosei.ac.jp/PDB /Images/Mastigophora/Euglena/genus1L.jpg | |
1,080,000,000 YBN | 97) A eukaryote eye evolves; the first three-dimensional response to light. The earliest eye probably evolves from a plastid. The first proto eye is a light sensitive area in a unicellular eukaryote. Eukaryotes are the first organisms to evolve the ability to follow light direction in three dimensions in open water. |
[1] Adapted from: Euglena is a photosynthetic euglenoid with at least 150 described species. The cells are cylindrical with a rounded anterior and tapered posterior. The chloroplasts are well-developed, bright green, and sometimes have pyrenoids. ... Euglena is a photosynthetic euglenoid with at least 150 described species. The cells are cylindrical with a rounded anterior and tapered posterior. The chloroplasts are well-developed, bright green, and sometimes have pyrenoids. They are often discoidal in shape but can also be ovate, lobate, elongate, U-shaped, or ribbon-shaped. Some researchers use the structure and position of the chloroplasts to divide the group into three subgenera. Even though they are able to photosynthesize, Euglena cells also have a phagotrophic ingestion apparatus. Euglena has one long, protruding flagellum and a shorter flagellum that is not usually visible. The euglenoids can glide and swim using their flagella, or can ooze along a substrate with an undulating, shape-changing, contraction motion called metaboly. The cytoplasm of Euglena and other euglenoids contains many paramylon starch storage granules. The euglenoid cells are covered by a pellicle composed of ribbonlike, woven strips of proteinaceous material that cover the cell in a helical arrangement from apex to posterior. Freshwater euglenoids have a contractile vacuole. Euglenoids sense light using a red pigmented eyespot or stigma and the paraflagellar body located at the base of the emergent flagella. The cytoplasm of Euglena and other euglenoids contains many paramylon starch storage granules. The euglenoid cells are covered by a pellicle composed of ribbonlike, woven strips of proteinaceous material that cover the cell in a helical arrangement from apex to posterior. Freshwater euglenoids have a contractile vacuole. Euglenoids sense light using a red pigmented eyespot or stigma and the paraflagellar body located at the base of the emergent flagella. UNKNOWN source: http://silicasecchidisk.conncoll .edu/Pics/Other%20Algae/Other_jpegs/Eugl ena_Key225.jpg [2] Figure 1. The distribution of three-dimensional phototaxis in the tree of eukaryotes. Red arrows indicate the likely point of origin of phototaxis in a given group. Question marks indicate uncertainties regarding independent or common origin. Figure 1 from: Jékely, Gáspár. ''Evolution of phototaxis.'' Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 364 (October 2009): 2795–2808. http://rstb.royalsocietypu blishing.org/content/364/1531/2795.short COPYRIGHTED source: http://rstb.royalsocietypublishi ng.org/content/364/1531/2795/F1.large.jp g | |
1,050,000,000 YBN | 169) The Protists Stramenopiles {STro-meN-o-Pi-lEZ} (also called Heterokonts) evolve (ancestor of all brown algae, golden algae, diatoms, and oomycota {Ou-mI-KO-Tu)). |
[1] Phylum Stramenopiles COPYRIGHTED source: Brusca and Brusca, "Invertebrates", Second Edition, 2003, p153-155. [2] S. Blair Hedges and Sudhir Kumar, ''The TimeTree of Life'', 2009, p117-118. http://www.timetree.org/book. php COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.timetree.org/book.php | |
1,000,000,000 YBN | 324) The Protists Mesomycetozoea {me-ZO-mI-SE-TO-ZO-u} evolve (also called DRIPS). |
[1] Ichthyophonus, a fungus-like protistan that occurs in high prevalence in Pacific Ocean perch (Sebastes aultus) and yellowtail rockfish (Sebastes flavedus). Note the parasite forms branching hyphae-like structures. Ichthyophonus hoferi has caused massive mortalities in herring in the Atlantic ocean, and has recently been reported to cause disease in wild Pacific herring from Washington through Alaska. COPYRIGHTED EDU source: http://oregonstate.edu/dept/salm on/projects/images/16Ichthyophonus.jpg [2] Microscopic appearence of the organism is dependent on its stage of development. The stages include (1) spore at ''resting'' stage, (2) germinating spore, (3) hyphal stage. It is believed that there are two forms of Ichthyophonus, both belonging to one genus. One of them is known as the ''salmon'' form, occuring in freshwater and cold-preferring sea fishes: this form is characterized by its ability to produce long tubulose germ hyphae. The other is called the ''aquarium fish'' form, typical of the tropical freshwater fishes. This form is completely devoid of hyphae. Developmental cycle of Ichthyophonus hoferi: 1-5 - development of ''daughter'' spores, 7-11 - development of resting spore from the ''daughter'' spore, 12-19 - development of resting spore by fragmentation. COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.fao.org/docrep/field/ 003/AC160E/AC160E02.htm | |
985,000,000 YBN | 309) The Protist Phylum Oomycota {Ou-mI-KO-Tu} evolves (ancestor of the Oomycetes; water molds). |
[1] Figure 2 from: Sandra L. Baldauf, A. J. Roger, I. Wenk-Siefert, W. F. Doolittle, ''A Kingdom-Level Phylogeny of Eukaryotes Based on Combined Protein Data'', Science, Vol 290, num 5493, p 972, (2000). http://www.sciencemag.org/content/290/ 5493/972.full Figure 2 Single-gene phylogenies support subsets of the combined protein tree. (A) A summary of the tree in Fig. 1is shown with supergroups indicated beside brackets to the right. Multi-taxon represented clusters are given as triangles, with height proportional to number of taxa and width proportional to averaged overall branch length (1) compensated for missing data (47). (B) Published support for the numbered nodes in (A) is shown for commonly used molecular phylogenetic markers grouped as (a) ribosomal RNAs, (b) proteins not used in the current analysis, (c) proteins used in the current analysis, and (d) the combined data (Fig. 1). These markers are, from left to right, SSU [SSU rRNA (1–4)], LSU [LSU rRNA (19)], LSU+SSU [combined LSU and SSU rRNA (48)], EF-2 (10), V/A-ATPases [vacuolar ATPases (49)], HSP70-cy [cytosolic 70-kD heat shock protein (50)], mito [combined mitochondrial proteins (51)], RPB1 (52), actin (8, 16, 53), α-tubulin (8, 54), β-tubulin (8, 54), EF-1α (15, 20), and combined (Fig. 1). Rejected nodes are indicated in pink and accepted nodes in green, with checked circles indicating BP < 70% and solid circles indicating BP > 70%. COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.sciencemag.org/conten t/290/5493/972/F2.large.jpg [2] Fig. 1. A consensus phylogeny of eukaryotes. The vast majority of characterized eukaryotes, with the notable exception of major subgroups of amoebae, can now be assigned to one of eight major groups. Opisthokonts (basal flagellum) have a single basal flagellum on reproductive cells and flat mitochondrial cristae (most eukaryotes have tubular ones). Eukaryotic photosynthesis originated in Plants; theirs are the only plastids with just two outer membranes. Heterokonts (different flagellae) have a unique flagellum decorated with hollow tripartite hairs (stramenopiles) and, usually, a second plain one. Cercozoans are amoebae with filose pseudopodia, often living with in tests (hard outer shells), some very elaborate (foraminiferans). Amoebozoa are mostly naked amoebae (lacking tests), often with lobose pseudopodia for at least part of their life cycle. Alveolates have systems of cortical alveoli directly beneath their plasma membranes. Discicristates have discoid mitochondrial cristae and, in some cases, a deep (excavated) ventral feeding groove. Amitochondrial excavates lack substantial molecular phylogenetic support, but most have an excavated ventral feeding groove, and all lack mitochondria. The tree shown is based on a consensus of molecular (1-4) and ultrastructural (16, 17) data and includes a rough indication of new ciPCR ''taxa'' (broken black lines) (7-11). An asterisk preceding the taxon name indicates probable paraphyletic group COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/co ntent/full/300/5626/1703 | |
900,000,000 YBN | 6281) The Protists Rhizaria {rI-ZaR-E-u} evolve (ancestor of all Radiolaria, Foraminifera and Cercozoa). |
[1] Figure : Maximum likelihood phylogeny of Rhizaria inferred from SSU rRNA gene sequences using the GTR+G+I model of evolution. UNKNOWN source: http://www.unige.ch/sciences/bio logie/biani/msg/Amoeboids/Rhizaria_large .jpg [2] Figure 1 from: Keeling, Patrick J. et al. “The tree of eukaryotes.” Trends in Ecology & Evolution 20.12 (2005): 670-676. http://www.sciencedirect.com/s cience/article/pii/S0169534705003046 source: http://www.sciencedirect.com/cac he/MiamiImageURL/1-s2.0-S016953470500304 6-gr1.jpg/0?wchp=dGLbVBA-zSkWz | |
850,000,000 YBN | 224) The Fungi "Zygomycota" evolves (ancestor of the bread molds, and pin molds). |
[1] Figure 2. Zygomycota A: sporangia of Mucor sp. B: whorl of sporangia of Absidia sp. C: zygospore of Zygorhynchus sp. D: sporangiophore and sporangiola of Cunninghamella sp. source: http://www.botany.utoronto.ca/Re searchLabs/MallochLab/Malloch/Moulds/Cla ssification.html [2] Figure 3. Syncephalis, a member of the Zygomycota parasitic on other Zygomycota source: http://www.botany.utoronto.ca/Re searchLabs/MallochLab/Malloch/Moulds/Cla ssification.html | |
767,000,000 YBN | 312) The Protist Phylum "Ciliophora" {SiL-E-oF-R-u} evolves (the "Ciliates") (ancestor of the paramecium). |
[1] Paramecium protozoan, SEM C001/0068 Rights Managed Credit: STEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Caption: Paramecium protozoan, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Paramecia are a group of unicellular ciliate protozoa. They inhabit fresh water, and feed mainly on bacteria and smaller protozoa. Paramecia range from about 50 to 350 micrometres in length, depending on species. Simple cilia, which cover the body, are moved in a synchronous motion to allow the cell to move. Magnification: x825 when printed at 10 centimetres wide. COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.nonlocal.com/hbar/par amecium.gif [2] Summary Description English: Scanning electron microscope view of Oxytricha trifallax Español: Imagen de microscopía electrónica de barrido de Oxytricha trifallax Date Unknown date Source http://www.genome.gov/I mages/press_photos/highres/85-300.jpg Author Unknown Permission (Reusin g this file) See below. PD [1] Fig. 1. A consensus phylogeny of eukaryotes. The vast majority of characterized eukaryotes, with the notable exception of major subgroups of amoebae, can now be assigned to one of eight major groups. Opisthokonts (basal flagellum) have a single basal flagellum on reproductive cells and flat mitochondrial cristae (most eukaryotes have tubular ones). Eukaryotic photosynthesis originated in Plants; theirs are the only plastids with just two outer membranes. Heterokonts (different flagellae) have a unique flagellum decorated with hollow tripartite hairs (stramenopiles) and, usually, a second plain one. Cercozoans are amoebae with filose pseudopodia, often living with in tests (hard outer shells), some very elaborate (foraminiferans). Amoebozoa are mostly naked amoebae (lacking tests), often with lobose pseudopodia for at least part of their life cycle. Alveolates have systems of cortical alveoli directly beneath their plasma membranes. Discicristates have discoid mitochondrial cristae and, in some cases, a deep (excavated) ventral feeding groove. Amitochondrial excavates lack substantial molecular phylogenetic support, but most have an excavated ventral feeding groove, and all lack mitochondria. The tree shown is based on a consensus of molecular (1-4) and ultrastructural (16, 17) data and includes a rough indication of new ciPCR ''taxa'' (broken black lines) (7-11). An asterisk preceding the taxon name indicates probable paraphyletic group COPYRIGHTED source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Oxytricha_trifa llax.jpg/1024px-Oxytricha_trifallax.jpg | |
767,000,000 YBN | 314) The Protist Phylum "Apicomplexa" {a-PE-KoM-PleK-Su} evolves (includes Malaria and Toxoplasmosis). |
[1] Description A thin-film Giemsa stained micrograph of ring-forms, and gametocytes of Plasmodium falciparum. From http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp Date 2006-11-16 (original upload date) Source Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is/was here. Author Original uploader was TimVickers at en.wikipedia Permission (Reusing this file) PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/3/3c/Plasmodium.jpg [2] Fig. 1. A consensus phylogeny of eukaryotes. The vast majority of characterized eukaryotes, with the notable exception of major subgroups of amoebae, can now be assigned to one of eight major groups. Opisthokonts (basal flagellum) have a single basal flagellum on reproductive cells and flat mitochondrial cristae (most eukaryotes have tubular ones). Eukaryotic photosynthesis originated in Plants; theirs are the only plastids with just two outer membranes. Heterokonts (different flagellae) have a unique flagellum decorated with hollow tripartite hairs (stramenopiles) and, usually, a second plain one. Cercozoans are amoebae with filose pseudopodia, often living with in tests (hard outer shells), some very elaborate (foraminiferans). Amoebozoa are mostly naked amoebae (lacking tests), often with lobose pseudopodia for at least part of their life cycle. Alveolates have systems of cortical alveoli directly beneath their plasma membranes. Discicristates have discoid mitochondrial cristae and, in some cases, a deep (excavated) ventral feeding groove. Amitochondrial excavates lack substantial molecular phylogenetic support, but most have an excavated ventral feeding groove, and all lack mitochondria. The tree shown is based on a consensus of molecular (1-4) and ultrastructural (16, 17) data and includes a rough indication of new ciPCR ''taxa'' (broken black lines) (7-11). An asterisk preceding the taxon name indicates probable paraphyletic group COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/co ntent/full/300/5626/1703 | |
680,000,000 YBN | 326) The Protists "Choanoflagellates" {KO-e-nO-FlaJ-e-lATS} evolve. Choanoflag ellates are the closest relatives to the animals and may be direct ancestors of sponges. There are about 140 species of choanoflagellates. Some are free-swimming, propelling themselves with a flagellum. Others are attached by a stalk, sometimes with several together in a colony. |
[1] Choanoflagellate single cell (thecate) UNKNOWN source: http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/prof iles22/483113/projects/1558429/6ea555ab5 457e21432def0f2e6b83fe3.jpg [2] Salpingoeca: Cells solitary or colonial with a distinct and firm sheath or theca usually as a cup either sessile or with a pedicel; theca colourless or amber; contractile vacuoles posterior in freshwater specie; in freshwater, brackish, and marine habitats. Record information: Salpingoeca (sal-ping-go-eek-a), a collar flagellate (choanoflagellate) - all of which have a single anterior flagellum surrounded by a collar of very fine pseudopodia (in cross-section the collar seems like two arms, one on either side of the flagellum). The flagellum beats drawing water through the collar and bacteria and other small particles are trapped and then ingested. Believed to be the source group of the sponges and the metazoa. Salpingoeca has an organic lorica. Phase contrast. This picture was taken by David Patterson, Linda Amaral Zettler and Virginia Edgcomb of material from the salt marsh at Little Sippewissett (Massachusetts, USA) in Autumn, 2000 and in Spring and summer, 2001. NONCOMMERCIAL USE source: http://microscope.mbl.edu/script s/microscope.php?func=imgDetail&imageID= 746 | |
670,000,000 YBN | 286) Multicellularity evolves in a free moving Protist. This allows larger free moving organisms to evolve. This multicellularity is thought to be independently evolved, and not related to the earlier filamentous multicellularity of prokaryotes like cyanobacteria, and eukaryotes like algae. |
[1] Sponge showing several choanocyte chambers UNKNOWN source: http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/prof iles22/483113/projects/1558429/43a2a4c7e 127f66b7090ed679a8da30a.jpg [2] Combination of: Saepicula and Sphaeroeca NONCOMMERCIAL USE source: http://microscope.mbl.edu/script s/microscope.php?func=imgDetail&imageID= 3229 | |
670,000,000 YBN | 297) The diplontic life cycle evolves; this organism is predominantly diploid, mitosis in the haploid phase does not occur. All animals are diplontic, and descend from this multicellular organism. |
[1] Gametic Meiosis. GNU source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Gametic_meiosis.png [2] Gametic Meiosis. GNU source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Gametic_meiosis.png | |
660,000,000 YBN | 81) The first animal and first metazoan, the sponge evolves. This begins the Animal Kingdom, and the Phylum Porifera; the sponges. There are only three major kinds of metazoans: sponges, cnidarians, and bilaterians. The word "porifera" means "pore bearing" in Latin, and water continuously flows through the pores in sponges. Metazoans are multicellular and have differentiation (their cells perform different functions). Sponges have cells that form a body wall, cells that secrete the skeleton, contractile {KunTraKTL} cells, cells that digest food, and other kinds of cell types. All sponge cells are totipotent and so are capable of regrowing a new sponge. Sponges have two layers, each a single cell thick. The outer surface is called the pinacoderm {PiN-o-KO-DRM} and is made of cells called pinacocytes {PiN-o-KO-SITS}. On the inner surface is the choanoderm {KOenO-DRM or KO-aNo-DRM} which is made of flagellated cells called choanocytes {KOenO-SITS or KO-aNo-SITS}. Between these two thin cellular sheets is the jellylike mesohyl {mASuHIL} Some sponges can live for over 1000 years. |
[1] Summary Description English: Marine sponge. Color adjusted (but not color accurate) underwater photograph taken by Dlloyd using a digital camera at a depth of approximately 100 feet in Cayman. GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/6/62/SpongeColorCorrect.jp g [2] source: http://www.museums.org.za/bio/me tazoa.htm | |
660,000,000 YBN | 517) The male gonad (testis {TeSTiS} or testicle) evolves in a sponge. In sponges sperm are contained in spermatic cysts, which are choanocyte chambers transformed by the formation of sperm (spermatogenesis), but ova are distributed throughout the mesohyl {mASuHIL} (or middle layer). |
[1] Oocyte (female egg) release from sponge, sperm release from sponge, FIgure from: D. T. Anderson, ''Invertebrate Zoology'', Oxford University Press, Second Edition, 2001. COPYRIGHTED source: D. T. Anderson, "Invertebrate Zoology", Oxford University Press, Second Edition, 2001. [2] Combination of image from: Brusca and Brusca, ''Invertebrates'', Second Edition, 2003, http://www.oceanicresearch.org/sponges .html and D. T. Anderson, ''Invertebrate Zoology'', Oxford University Press, Second Edition, 2001. COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.museums.org.za/bio/me tazoa.htm | |
650,000,000 YBN | 41) Start of the 60 million year (Varanger) Ice Age (650-590 mybn). |
[1] Snowball Earth 600 to 750 million years ago Earth was incased in ice for prolong periods of time and each global glacial event ended under severe greenhouse conditions. This late Precambrian planet-wide glaciation is known as “Snowball Earth” and is an extension on Sturtian- Varangian glaciation. UNKNOWN source: http://geology.fullerton.edu/whe nderson/Fal201L2005/snowballearth/images /snoballearth.jpg [2] Snowball Earth Begins UNKNOWN source: http://www.gambassa.com/gambassa files/images/images/1310/20090528_snowba ll_earth_v1.jpg | |
650,000,000 YBN | 69) Cells that group as tissues that are arranged in layers evolve in metazoans. Unlike the Porifera, in the Placozoa and all later metazoans, cells group as tissues. |
[1] Description This is an example of a ctenophore, Bathocyroe fosteri, which is a mesopelagic species. Date Source Description This is an example of a ctenophore, Bathocyroe fosteri, which is a mesopelagic species. Date Source [1] Author Photo courtesy of Marsh Youngbluth Author Photo courtesy of Marsh Youngbluth PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/2/21/Bathocyroe_fosteri.jp g [2] Light diffracting along the comb rows of a Mertensia ovum. The right lower portion of the body is regenerating from previous damage. Source: NOAA Photo Gallery/ Photo by Kevin Raskoff PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/4/42/LightRefractsOf_comb- rows_of_ctenophore_Mertensia_ovum.jpg | |
650,000,000 YBN | 79) The Metazoan Phylum "Placozoa" evolves. Placozoans look like amoebas but are multicellular. The only known species is Trichoplax adhaerens {TriKOPlaKS aDHEReNZ}. Trichoplax lives in the sea and feeds on single celled organisms, mostly algae. There are only 4 cell types in Trichoplax compared to the more than 200 cell types in humans. Trichoplax has two main cell layers, like a cnidarian or ctenophore. Between these two layers are a few contractile cells that are similar to muscle cells, however placozoans have no muscle or nerve cells. |
[1] Description Trichoplax sp. from Australia in light microscopy Date February 2006 Source Oliver Voigt Author Oliver Voigt CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/c/c3/Trichoplax_mic.jpg [2] from ediacara of australia source: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/ven dian/dickinsonia.html | |
650,000,000 YBN | 223) The Fungi "Chytridiomycota" {KI-TriDEO-mI-KO-Tu) evolves (includes all Chytridiomycetes {KI-TriDEO-mI-SE-TEZ})). The chytrids are primitive fungi and are mostly saprobic (feed on dead species, decomposing chitin and keratin). Many chytrids are aquatic (mostly found in freshwater). | Northern Russia |
[1] Chytrids (Chytridiomycota): The Primitive Fungi These fungi are mostly aquatic, are notable for having a flagella on the cells (a flagella is a tail, somewhat like a tail on a sperm or a pollywog), and are thought to be the most primitive type of fungi. actual photo comes from: http://www.csupomona.edu/~jcclark /classes/bot125/resource/graphics/chy_al l_sph.html source: http://www.davidlnelson.md/Cazad ero/Fungi.htm [2] Chytridiomycota - Blastocladiales - zoospore of Allomyces (phase contrast illumination) X 2000 source: http://www.mycolog.com/chapter2b .htm |
640,000,000 YBN | 83) The first nerve cell (or neuron), and nervous system evolves in the ancestor of the Ctenophores and Cnidarians. This leads to the first ganglion and brain. This is the earliest touch and sound detection, and memory. As time continues in the evolution of the metazoans, the number of neurons increases while the size of neurons decreases, just like transistors as computers improve. |
[1] English: Drawing of Purkinje cells (A) and granule cells (B) from pigeon cerebellum by Santiago Ramón y Cajal, 1899; Instituto Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain. PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/1/15/PurkinjeCell.jpg [2] figure from: D. T. Anderson, ''Invertebrate Zoology'', Oxford University Press, Second Edition, 2001, p39. COPYRIGHTED source: D. T. Anderson, "Invertebrate Zoology", Oxford University Press, Second Edition, 2001, p39. | |
640,000,000 YBN | 96) Muscle cells evolve in the ancestor of the Ctenophores and Cnidarians. Both the earliest known muscle and nerve cells are found in Ctenophores and Cnidarians. |
[1] Figure from: D. T. Anderson, ''Invertebrate Zoology'', Oxford University Press, Second Edition, 2001, p39. COPYRIGHTED source: D. T. Anderson, "Invertebrate Zoology", Oxford University Press, Second Edition, 2001, p39. [2] Derek E. G. Briggs and Richard A. Fortey, ''Wonderful Strife: Systematics, Stem Groups, and the Phylogenetic Signal of the Cambrian Radiation'', Paleobiology , Vol. 31, No. 2, Supplement. Macroevolution: Diversity, Disparity, Contingency: Essays in Honor of Stephen Jay Gould (Spring, 2005), pp. 94-112 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2548 2671 COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2548 2671 | |
640,000,000 YBN | 225) A closeable mouth evolves in the ancestor of all ctenophores and cnidarians. |
[1] Description This is an example of a ctenophore, Bathocyroe fosteri, which is a mesopelagic species. Date Source Description This is an example of a ctenophore, Bathocyroe fosteri, which is a mesopelagic species. Date Source [1] Author Photo courtesy of Marsh Youngbluth Author Photo courtesy of Marsh Youngbluth PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/2/21/Bathocyroe_fosteri.jp g [2] Light diffracting along the comb rows of a Mertensia ovum. The right lower portion of the body is regenerating from previous damage. Source: NOAA Photo Gallery/ Photo by Kevin Raskoff PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/4/42/LightRefractsOf_comb- rows_of_ctenophore_Mertensia_ovum.jpg | |
640,000,000 YBN | 414) The female gonad (the first ovary) evolves in the ancestor of Ctenophores and Cnidarians. |
[1] From: Brusca and Brusca, ''Invertebrates'', Second Edition, 2003. COPYRIGHTED source: Brusca and Brusca, "Invertebrates", Second Edition, 2003 [2] Figure 3.8 Anthozoa. (a) Anemone (Actiniaria), showing the pharynx, mesenteries, mesenterial filamnets and acontia. (b) Structure of a mesenterial filament in transverse section. (c) Scleractinian coral, showing calcareous skeleton and coenenchyme. (d) Gorgonian, showing skeleton made up of a horny axial rod and spicules in the mesogloea (after Pearse et al 1987). (e) Alcyonarian soft coral, showing spicular skeleton in the mesogloea. From: D. T. Anderson, ''Invertebrate Zoology'', Oxford University Press, Second Edition, 2001. COPYRIGHTED source: D. T. Anderson, "Invertebrate Zoology", Oxford University Press, Second Edition, 2001. | |
640,000,000 YBN | 523) The animal Phylum Ctenophora {Ti-noF-R-u} evolves (comb jellies). Like the Cnidarians, the Ctenophores are diploblastic; they have two embryonic germ layers- the ectoderm {EKTeDRM} and the endoderm {eNDeDRM} which become the adult epidermis and gastrodermis, respectively. The middle mesenchyme {meSeNKIM}, a watery gelatinous fluid, never produces the complex organs seen in triploblastic Metazoa. The main body cavity of the ctenophores is also the digestive chamber, and they have a simple nerve net. |
[1] Description This is an example of a ctenophore, Bathocyroe fosteri, which is a mesopelagic species. Date Source Description This is an example of a ctenophore, Bathocyroe fosteri, which is a mesopelagic species. Date Source [1] Author Photo courtesy of Marsh Youngbluth Author Photo courtesy of Marsh Youngbluth PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/2/21/Bathocyroe_fosteri.jp g [2] Light diffracting along the comb rows of a Mertensia ovum. The right lower portion of the body is regenerating from previous damage. Source: NOAA Photo Gallery/ Photo by Kevin Raskoff PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/4/42/LightRefractsOf_comb- rows_of_ctenophore_Mertensia_ovum.jpg | |
635,000,000 YBN | 6413) The start of the Ediacaran Period. |
[1] Description English: The 'golden spike' marking the Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) at the base of the Ediacaran Period Date 16 August 2008 Source Own work Original filename = DSC07914.JPG Author Bahudhara CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Ediacaran_GSSP_ -_closeup.JPG/1280px-Ediacaran_GSSP_-_cl oseup.JPG [2] Geologic Time Scale 2009 UNKNOWN source: http://www.geosociety.org/scienc e/timescale/timescl.pdf | |
630,000,000 YBN | 82) The Animal Phylum Cnidaria {NIDAREeo} evolves (the ancestor of sea anemones, sea pens, corals, and jellyfish). Cnidaria also evolve the earliest animal eye. Cnidaria are primarily radially symmetrical animals with tentacles, have a single body cavity with only one opening to take in food and to release wastes, and have specialized stinging cells. Cnidarians have two alternate body plans, the polyp and the medusa {miDUSe}. A sea anemone is an example of a polyp: fixed to the ground with mouth on top. A coral is a polyp that secretes a skeleton which it lives inside of. The medusa form is upside down compared to the polyp form, and is free swimming. A jellyfish has a typical medusa form. |
[1] Octocorals Stylatula elongata – White Sea Pen UNKNOWN source: http://pt-lobos.com/cnidarianimg /white_sea_pens.jpg [2] Sea nettles, Chrysaora quinquecirrha CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/3/36/Sea_nettles.jpg | |
600,000,000 YBN | 91) The start of the Ediacaran {EDEoKRiN} soft-bodied invertebrate fossils. The sudden appearance of Ediacaran fossils may relate to the accumulation of free oxygen in the atmosphere and sea, which may permit an oxidative metabolism. Because the Ediacaran animals are soft-bodied, they are infrequently preserved. | Sonora, Mexico|Adelaide, Australia| Lesser Karatau Microcontinent, Kazakhsta |
[1] A general view of the life in the time frame from about 605 to 542 million years ago (the Vendian), is found at this New Zealand site which concentrates on the Ediacaran epoch; it mentions Australian and other geographic localities where the assemblages have been found. The fossil life is represented entirely by creatures with soft parts only. It is suggested that these may be ancestral to later phylla observed at the beginning of the Paleozoic. Below is a chart presenting typical Ediacaran fauna, followed by an artist's depiction of life on the sea floor at that time, and beneath that is a layout of some actual fossils: PD source: http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect20/ 800pxlife_in_the_ediacaran_sea.jpg [2] A more general view of the life in the time frame from about 600+ to 542 million years ago (end of Proterozoic and Precambrian into the oldest Cambrian), known as the Ediacaran or Vendian, is found at this New Zealand site; it mentions Australian and other geographic localities where the assemblages have been found. The fossil life represents entirely creatures with soft parts only and suggestions that these may be ancestral to later phylla observed at the beginning of the Paleozoic. Below is an artist's sketch of some of these creatures: UNKNOWN source: http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/doc s/rst/Sect20/vendintro.jpg |
600,000,000 YBN | 107) The Animals Bilaterians evolve (metazoans with two sided symmetry). Thi s is the first triploblastic animal; an animal with a third embryonic layer, the mesoderm {meZuDRM}. This is also the earliest animal brain. In most bilaterians food enters in one end (the mouth) and waste exits at the opposite end (the anus). There is an advantage for sense organs like light, sound, touch, smell, and taste detection to be located on the head near the mouth to help with getting food. The earliest brain (ganglion and memory) develop in a bilaterian worm. This begins the Animal Subkingdom "Bilateria". |
[1] Convoluta pulchra Smith and Bush 1991, a typical mud-inhabiting acoel that feeds on diatoms source: ? [2] Figure from: Giribet, G. (2008). Assembling the lophotrochozoan (=spiralian) tree of life. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences , 363 (1496), 1513-1522. URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2007.2241 http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org /content/363/1496/1513 COPYRIGHTED source: http://rstb.royalsocietypublishi ng.org/content/363/1496/1513 | |
600,000,000 YBN | 403) The earliest extant bilaterian: Acoelomorpha (ancestor of acoela flat worms and nemertodermatida). The Acoelomorpha lack a digestive track, anus and coelom. Flatworms have no lungs or gills and breathe through their skin. With no circulating blood, their branched gut presumably transports nutrients to all parts of the body. |
[1] Convoluta pulchra Smith and Bush 1991, a typical mud-inhabiting acoel that feeds on diatoms source: ? [2] Figure from: Giribet, G. (2008). Assembling the lophotrochozoan (=spiralian) tree of life. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences , 363 (1496), 1513-1522. URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2007.2241 http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org /content/363/1496/1513 COPYRIGHTED source: http://rstb.royalsocietypublishi ng.org/content/363/1496/1513 | |
600,000,000 YBN | 459) An intestine evolves in a bilaterian. Since the gut of this organism has no anus, undigested food must be regurgitated through the mouth. |
[1] From: D. T. Anderson, ''Invertebrate Zoology'', Oxford University Press, Second Edition, 2001. COPYRIGHTED source: D. T. Anderson, "Invertebrate Zoology", Oxford University Press, Second Edition, 2001. [2] Convoluta pulchra Smith and Bush 1991, a typical mud-inhabiting acoel that feeds on diatoms source: ? | |
600,000,000 YBN | 532) A cylindrical gut, anus, and through-put of food evolves in a bilaterian; found in all bilaterians except Acoelomorpha and Platyhelminthes. |
[1] From: D. T. Anderson, ''Invertebrate Zoology'', Oxford University Press, Second Edition, 2001. COPYRIGHTED source: D. T. Anderson, "Invertebrate Zoology", Oxford University Press, Second Edition, 2001. [2] Convoluta pulchra Smith and Bush 1991, a typical mud-inhabiting acoel that feeds on diatoms source: ? | |
600,000,000 YBN | 593) The genital pore, vagina, and uterus evolve in a bilaterian. |
[1] From: D. T. Anderson, ''Invertebrate Zoology'', Oxford University Press, Second Edition, 2001. COPYRIGHTED source: D. T. Anderson, "Invertebrate Zoology", Oxford University Press, Second Edition, 2001. [2] Convoluta pulchra Smith and Bush 1991, a typical mud-inhabiting acoel that feeds on diatoms source: ? | |
600,000,000 YBN | 660) The penis evolves in a bilaterian. |
[1] From: Brusca and Brusca, ''Invertebrates'', Second Edition, 2003 COPYRIGHTED source: Brusca and Brusca, "Invertebrates", Second Edition, 2003 [2] From: Ruppert, Fox, Barnes, ''Invertebrate Zoology'', 2004. COPYRIGHTED source: Ruppert, Fox, Barnes, "Invertebrate Zoology", 2004. | |
590,000,000 YBN | 70) The end of the Varanger Ice Age (650-590 mybn). |
[1] Precambrian Earth from the South Pole 600MYBN UNKNOWN source: http://cpgeosystems.com/gallery. html | |
590,000,000 YBN | 95) The coelom (SEleM) evolves in a bilaterian. The coelem is a fluid filled cavity that forms within the mesoderm and exists between the gut and body wall in most triploblastic animals. The advantage of a coelem is that it allows the body wall and gut wall to act independently, and also that other organ systems can be developed in the fluid-filled space. In addition, the fluid in the cavity can act as a deformable skeleton. |
[1] Example of the coleom's from 3 organisms UNKNOWN source: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5DLPaU qdg2g/TBBz3rcLDOI/AAAAAAAAAGA/Z34_-_usSc w/s1600/3927715.jpg [2] From NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH Formation of the coelom or body cavity Acoelomates lack a body cavity. In pseudocoelomates, the coelom is formed from a persistent embryonic cavity. In schizocoelous coelomates, the coelom is formed by splits in the embryonic mesoderm, the middle layer of the body. In enterocoelous coelomates, the coelom forms within pouches of the gut wall. UNKNOWN source: http://www.nhc.ed.ac.uk/images/c ollections/invertebrates/intros/LgCoelom .jpg | |
590,000,000 YBN | 98) The first circulatory system evolves; blood vessels, and blood evolve in a bilaterian. The first blood cells. Cnidarians and flatworms are at most two sheets of tissue thick and so allow gas exchange and nutrient distribution by diffusion, but larger animals with thicker tissues require a circulatory system to distribute materials. The circulatory system transports molecules like gases, food, and waste to and from individual cells. |
[1] D. T. Anderson, ''Invertebrate Zoology'', Oxford University Press, Second Edition, 2001 AND Fig 11.1G from: Brusca and Brusca, ''Invertebrates'', 2003, p320. COPYRIGHTED source: D. T. Anderson, "Invertebrate Zoology", Oxford University Press, Second Edition, 2001Brusca and Brusca, "Invertebrates", 2003, p320. [2] From: D. T. Anderson, ''Invertebrate Zoology'', Oxford University Press, Second Edition, 2001 COPYRIGHTED source: D. T. Anderson, "Invertebrate Zoology", Oxford University Press, Second Edition, 2001 | |
580,000,000 YBN | 93) The Bilaterians Protostomes evolve. The ancestor of all Ecdysozoa {eK-DiS-u-ZOu} and Lophotrochozoa {LuFoTroKoZOu}. The difference between protostomes and deutrostomes arises during embryonic development. In protostomes, the first indentation of the gastrula (an early stage of the embryo) develops into the mouth and the second indentation develops into the anus. The reverse is true for the deuterostomes. |
[1] English: This diagram is showing the difference of the two major types of coelomates: the protostomes (molluscs, annelids, arthropods, ...) and deuterostomes (echinoderms, vertebrates, ...). These groups differ in several characteristics of early development; In deuterostomes blastula devisions is called ''radial cleavage'' because it occurs parallel or perpendicular to the major polar axis. In protostomes the cleavage is called ''spirale'' because division planes are oriented obliquely to the polar major axis. During gastrulation, protostomes embryos' mouth was given first by the blastopore while the anus was formed later and vis versa for the deuterostomes. As examples : Squids are protostomes. Sea urchins are deuterostomes. Date 14 October 2009 Source Own work Author WYassineMrabetTalk✉ CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Protovsdeuteros tomes.svg/1000px-Protovsdeuterostomes.sv g.png [2] English: This diagram is showing the difference of the two major types of coelomates: the protostomes (molluscs, annelids, arthropods, ...) and deuterostomes (echinoderms, vertebrates, ...). These groups differ in several characteristics of early development; In deuterostomes blastula devisions is called ''radial cleavage'' because it occurs parallel or perpendicular to the major polar axis. In protostomes the cleavage is called ''spirale'' because division planes are oriented obliquely to the polar major axis. During gastrulation, protostomes embryos' mouth was given first by the blastopore while the anus was formed later and vis versa for the deuterostomes. As examples : Squids are protostomes. Sea urchins are deuterostomes. Date 14 October 2009 Source Own work Author WYassineMrabetTalk✉ CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Protovsdeuteros tomes.svg/1000px-Protovsdeuterostomes.sv g.png | |
580,000,000 YBN | 105) The Bilaterians Deuterostomes evolve; the ancestor of all Echinoderms (iKIniDRMS }, Hemichordates, and Chordates. |
[1] English: This diagram is showing the difference of the two major types of coelomates: the protostomes (molluscs, annelids, arthropods, ...) and deuterostomes (echinoderms, vertebrates, ...). These groups differ in several characteristics of early development; In deuterostomes blastula devisions is called ''radial cleavage'' because it occurs parallel or perpendicular to the major polar axis. In protostomes the cleavage is called ''spirale'' because division planes are oriented obliquely to the polar major axis. During gastrulation, protostomes embryos' mouth was given first by the blastopore while the anus was formed later and vis versa for the deuterostomes. As examples : Squids are protostomes. Sea urchins are deuterostomes. Date 14 October 2009 Source Own work Author WYassineMrabetTalk✉ CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Protovsdeuteros tomes.svg/1000px-Protovsdeuterostomes.sv g.png [2] English: This diagram is showing the difference of the two major types of coelomates: the protostomes (molluscs, annelids, arthropods, ...) and deuterostomes (echinoderms, vertebrates, ...). These groups differ in several characteristics of early development; In deuterostomes blastula devisions is called ''radial cleavage'' because it occurs parallel or perpendicular to the major polar axis. In protostomes the cleavage is called ''spirale'' because division planes are oriented obliquely to the polar major axis. During gastrulation, protostomes embryos' mouth was given first by the blastopore while the anus was formed later and vis versa for the deuterostomes. As examples : Squids are protostomes. Sea urchins are deuterostomes. Date 14 October 2009 Source Own work Author WYassineMrabetTalk✉ CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Protovsdeuteros tomes.svg/1000px-Protovsdeuterostomes.sv g.png | |
580,000,000 YBN | 131) The first shell (or skeleton) evolves. The first known shell belongs to a group of ciliates called tintinnids. Skeletons evolve independently in different groups of organisms. | (Doushantuo Formation) Beidoushan, Guizhou Province, South China |
[1] Figure 1 from: Li, C.-W.; et al. (2007). ''Ciliated protozoans from the Precambrian Doushantuo Formation, Wengan, South China''. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 286: 151–156. doi:10.1144/SP286.11. http://dx.doi.org /10.1144/SP286.11 {Ciliates_Fossils_Precambrian_Li_580my bn.pdf} COPYRIGHTED source: http://dx.doi.org/10.1144/SP286. 11 [2] Figure 1 from: Li, C.-W.; et al. (2007). ''Ciliated protozoans from the Precambrian Doushantuo Formation, Wengan, South China''. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 286: 151–156. doi:10.1144/SP286.11. http://dx.doi.org /10.1144/SP286.11 {Ciliates_Fossils_Precambrian_Li_580my bn.pdf} COPYRIGHTED source: http://dx.doi.org/10.1144/SP286. 11 |
570,000,000 YBN | 311) The Bilaterians Chaetognatha {KE-ToG-nutu} evolve (Arrow Worms). The earliest teeth evolve. Animals start to eat other animals. The evolution of teeth and animal predation starts an "arms race" that rapidly transforms ecosystems around the Earth. Teeth and shells evolve as advantages to survival. |
[1] Chaetognatha UNKNOWN source: http://content5.eol.org/content/ 2010/08/09/03/74200_large.jpg [2] Description Chatognath Spadella cephaloptera Date Unkown Source Own work Author Zatelmar Permission (Reusing this file) See below. GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/8/8e/Chaetoblack.png | |
565,000,000 YBN | 345) The Deuterostome Phylum Hemichordata evolves; The "Hemichordates", the ancestor of pterobranchs {TARuBrANKS} and acorn worms). Adult Pterobranchs are sessile, fastening to solid structures, but the younger (or larval) form is free swimming, and is thought to have retained this form before evolving into tunicates and then the first fish. |
[1] Description Eichelwurm, Exemplar aus der Sammlung des Institutes für Zoologie, FU Berlin. GNU FDL Date Source Foto: de:Benutzer:Necrophorus Author User Necrophorus on de.wikipedia Permission (Reusing this file) Released under the GNU Free Documentation License. GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Eichelwurm.jpg/ 1024px-Eichelwurm.jpg [2] Pterobranchs Resembling slugs with hairy, branching tentacles, Pterobranchs filter food from the water and form colonies of “clones,” much like coral polyps, often secreting a network of hard tubing. Individual zooids can crawl about freely within the colony, but are connected to one another by thin “cables,” quickly retracting if disturbed. What makes the Pterobranchs even stranger than corals is that these slimy, slithering weirdos are “hemichordates,” closer to us vertebrates than to invertebrates like worms and jellyfish. Read more: http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-colonial-o rganisms.php#ixzz1lJRtH61S COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.toptenz.net/wp-conten t/uploads/2011/10/Pterobranch-colonial-o rganisms.jpg | |
565,000,000 YBN | 347) The Deuterostome Phylum Chordata evolves. Chordates are a very large group that include all tunicates {TUNiKiTS}, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds. Chordates get their name from the notochord {nOTe-KORD}, the cartilage rod that runs along the back of the animal, in the embryo if not in the adult. The ancestor of all chordates evolves "upside-down": unlike earlier invertebrates who have a ventral nerve cord (near the belly) and a dorsal heart (near the back), this ancestor and all later vertebrates have a dorsal nerve cord and a ventral heart. |
[1] from adelaide, australia UNKNOWN source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/t ech/3208583.stm [2] [t Note that this is a vertebrate - not a pre-vertebrate chordate] Portion of figure from: D.-G. Shu, S. Conway Morris, J. Han, Z.-F. Zhang, K. Yasui, P. Janvier, L. Chen, X.-L. Zhang, J.-N. Liu, Y. Li and H.-Q. Liu, ''Head and backbone of the Early Cambrian vertebrate Haikouichthys'', Nature 421, 526-529(30 January 2003) http://www.nature.com/nature/jour nal/v421/n6922/full/nature01264.html CO PYRIGHTED source: https://nature.com/journal/v421/ n6922/images/nature01264-f1.2.jpg | |
565,000,000 YBN | 348) The earliest extant chordate: Tunicates {TUNiKiTS} evolve (also called sea squirts). |
[1] Description Clavelina moluccensis, the bluebell tunicate English: Tunicate colony. (Clavelina moluccensis) Date 04/17/05 Source Own work Author Nhobgood CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/9/98/Bluebell_tunicates_Ni ck_Hobgood.jpg [2] Timeline of phylogeny of animals, figure 6 from: S. Blair Hedges, ''The origin and evolution of model organisms'', Nature Reviews Genetics 3, 838-849 (November 2002) http://www.nature.com/nrg/journal /v3/n11/full/nrg929.html {Hedges_2002.p df} a) The relationships and divergence times (millions of years ago (Mya) plusminus one standard error) of selected model animals are shown, based on recent multigene and multiprotein studies51, 61, 84. The fossil divergence time of birds and mammals (310 Mya) was used to calibrate the molecular clock. Branch lengths are not proportional to time. b ) The relationships and numbers of living species, from a diversity of sources in most of the main groups. COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.nature.com/nrg/journa l/v3/n11/images/nrg929-f6.jpg | |
560,000,000 YBN | 117) The earliest animal shell (or skeleton) evolves. This is the earliest evidence of animals eating other animals (predation). This begins the appearance of small shelly fossils and deep burrows correlated with a decline in stromatolites, possibly from feeding. The earliest animal shells are made by tiny organisms with simple tubelike skeletons, such as Cloudina and Sinotubulites in addition to sponge skeleton fossils. The shell of Cloudina is made of Calcium carbonate (CaCO3), and are possibly made by some kind of worm. Predatory bore holes have been found in Cloudina shells. This is the oldest evidence of predation known. | (Ara Formation) Oman|Lijiagou, Ningqiang County, Shaanxi Province |
[1] Cloudina COPYRIGHTED source: http://palaeos.com/proterozoic/n eoproterozoic/ediacaran/images/Cloudina. jpg [2] Cloudina from: HONG HUA, BRIAN R. PRATT, and LU-YI ZHANG, ''Borings in Cloudina Shells: Complex Predator-Prey Dynamics in the Terminal Neoproterozoic'', PALAIOS, October 2003, v. 18, p. 454-459, doi:10.1669/0883-1351(2003)018<0454:BICSCP>2.0.CO;2 http://palaios.geoscienceworld.org/citmg r?gca=palaios;18/4-5/454 COPYRIGHTED source: http://palaios.geoscienceworld.o rg/content/vol18/issue4-5/images/large/i 0883-1351-018-04-0454-f03.jpeg |
560,000,000 YBN | 318) The Protostomes Ecdysozoa {eK-DiS-u-ZOu} evolve. Ecdysozoa are animals that molt (lose their outer skin) as they grow. This is the ancestor of round worms, and arthropods (which includes insects and crustaceans {also known as "shell-fish"}). |
[1] Description English: Life restoration of Ottoia in natural environment with nearby Haplophrentis. Date 11-29-08 Source Own work Author Smokeybjb GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/1/10/Ottoia_burrowing.jpg [2] Description en:category:Caenorhabditis elegans Date 2006-09-06 (original upload date) (Original text : 09/05/2006) Source Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is/was here. (Original text : Donated by Zeynep F. Altun) Author Original uploader was Kbradnam at en.wikipedia (Original text : Zeynep F. Altun, Editor of www.wormatlas.org) Permission (Reusing this file) CC-BY-SA-2.5. CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Adult_Caenorhab ditis_elegans.jpg/1280px-Adult_Caenorhab ditis_elegans.jpg | |
560,000,000 YBN | 331) The Protostomes Lophotrochozoa {Lu-Fo-Tro-Ku-ZO-u} evolve. Ancestor of rotifers, phoronids, brachiopods {BrA-KE-O-PoDZ}, entoprocts {eNTuProKS}, bryozoans {BrI-u-ZO-iNZ}, platyhelminthes, gastrotrichs, nemertea, molluscs and annelids. |
[1] A rotifer. The cilia around this rotifer's mouth are unusually long; they reach as far as the strand of spirogyra to the right. 10× objective, 15× eyepiece. The numbered ticks on the scale are 122 µM apart. COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.sciencephoto.com/imag e/121893/530wm/C0058380-Rotifer_SEM-SPL. jpg [2] Description Clams Date Source Own work Author Marlith CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/8/8f/Clams.JPG | |
560,000,000 YBN | 349) The first fish evolves. |
[1] Lancelet (Branchiostoma lanceolatum) Description Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas, 1774) English: Amphioxus from course sandy sediments (600µm) on the Belgian continental shelf. Length: ~22 mm. Geo-location not applicable as the picture was taken in the lab. Français : Branchiostoma lanceolatum, un céphalochordé, récolté dans des sédiments de sable grossier (600µm) sur le Plateau continental belge. Longueur totale: 22 mm environ. Date 1997 Source Own work Author (Hans Hillewaert) CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/4/47/Branchiostoma_lanceol atum.jpg | |
560,000,000 YBN | 6290) The earliest extant fish, the Chordates Lancelets {laNSleTS} (also called amphioxus {aMFEoKSiS}). This is also the first liver and kidney. |
[1] Lancelet (Branchiostoma lanceolatum) Description Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas, 1774) English: Amphioxus from course sandy sediments (600µm) on the Belgian continental shelf. Length: ~22 mm. Geo-location not applicable as the picture was taken in the lab. Français : Branchiostoma lanceolatum, un céphalochordé, récolté dans des sédiments de sable grossier (600µm) sur le Plateau continental belge. Longueur totale: 22 mm environ. Date 1997 Source Own work Author (Hans Hillewaert) CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/4/47/Branchiostoma_lanceol atum.jpg [2] Lancelet COPYRIGHTED source: http://kentsimmons.uwinnipeg.ca/ 16cm05/1116/34-04b-Lancelet.jpg | |
550,000,000 YBN | 328) The Ecdysozoa Aschelminthes {aSKHeLmiNtEZ} evolves; the ancestor of the worms nematodes and priapulids. |
[1] Description English: Priapulid worm Priapulus caudatus in a Petry dish. The specimen was found in the intertidal of the Russian coast of the Barents Sea. Русский: Приапулида Priapulus caudatus в чашке Петри. Особь найдена в приливно-отливной зоне на российском побережье Баренцева моря. Date between 2005 and 2007 Source kindly granted by the author Author Dmitry Aristov Permission (Reusing this file) See below. CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/6/62/Priapulus_caudatus.jp g [2] Giribet, G. (2008). Assembling the lophotrochozoan (=spiralian) tree of life. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences , 363 (1496), 1513-1522. URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2007.2241 http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org /content/363/1496/1513 COPYRIGHTED source: http://rstb.royalsocietypublishi ng.org/content/363/1496/1513 | |
547,000,000 YBN | 334) The Lophotrochozoa Phylum Brachiopoda {BrAKEoPiDu} evolves (the brachiopods {BrAKEOPoDZ}). The Brachiopods are marine invertebrates that have bivalve dorsal and ventral shells enclosing a pair of tentacled, armlike structures that are used to sweep minute food particles into their mouth. |
[1] Brachiopod UNKNOWN source: http://paleo.cortland.edu/tutori al/Brachiopods/Brachiopod%20Images/lingu la.GIF [2] Brachiopods (Glottidia Albida) Photographic Print by Richard Herrmann item #: 357011759A UNKNOWN source: http://cache2.artprintimages.com /lrg/38/3813/HHRIF00Z.jpg | |
543,000,000 YBN | 101) Segmentation evolves (body parts are repeated serially, for example vertebrae). Some think that segmentation evolved independently in annelid worms, arthropods, and vertebrates. But the universality of Homeobox genes, evolved over a billion years earlier, implies that all segmented species may share a common segmented ancestor. |
[1] Dikinsonia grew to a length of as much as two feet (60 cm), which made it one of the larger complex organisms of the Vendian. It's body is segmented with midline symmetry dividing it's body. Its body may have been denser than modern jellyfish or worms. [Atlas of Prehistoric World, Discovery Books Reconstruction of Dickinsonia, based on images from Atlas of the Prehistoric World, Discovery Channel Books and Kingfisher Illustrated Dinosaur Encyclopedia UNKNOWN source: http://paleontology.edwardtbabin ski.us/vendian/dickinsonia.jpg [2] Spriggina Spriggina was definitely a predator of the seas of that time. UNKNOWN source: http://www.museum.toulouse.fr/IM G/jpg/spriginna_72dpi_680.jpg | |
542,000,000 YBN | 53) The end of the "Precambrian". The end of the Proterozoic and start of the Phanerozoic {FaNReZOiK} Eon. The end of the Neoproterozoic and start of the Paleozoic {PAlEuZOiK} Era, and the end of the Ediacaran and start of the Cambrian Period. |
[1] Geologic Time Scale 2009 UNKNOWN source: http://www.geosociety.org/scienc e/timescale/timescl.pdf [2] Description English: Global pareconstruction of the Earth in the early Cambrian period 540 million years ago. Deutsch: Globale paläogeografische Rekonstruktion der Erde während des frühen Kambriums vor 540 Millionen Jahren. русский: Глобальная палеогеографическая реконструкция Земли в начале Кембрийского периода 540 миллионов лет тому назад. українська: Глобальная палеогеографічна реконструкція Землі на початку Кембрійського періоду 540 мільйонів років тому назад. Date 23 April 2008 Source http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/mollglobe. html Author Dr. Ron Blakey - http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/ CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/d/d6/EarlyCambrianGlobal.j pg | |
542,000,000 YBN | 6297) The Cambrian radiation, (or "Cambrian explosion"), the rapid diversification of multicellular animals between 542 and 530 million years ago that results in the appearance of many (between 20 and 35) of the major phyla of animals. An increase of animals with shells. The Cambrian metazoan radiation may be the result of a major increase in atmospheric oxygen, and animal predation. |
[1] Artist drawing of the bottom of the Cambrian shallow sea floor, showing trilobites (imagine these crawling around on the Cambrian sea floor at Devil's Lake state park 550 m.y. ago!) (above). UNKNOWN source: http://www.geology.wisc.edu/home pages/g100s2/public_html/Geologic_Time/L 3_Cambrian_Life_More.jpg [2] Description English: Fossil specimen of Opabinia regalis from the Burgess shale on display at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC. This appears to be the exact specimen pictured in Fig. 42 of 'The Crucible of Creation: The Burgess Shale and the Rise of Animals', by Simon Conway Morris, Oxford University Press, 1998. Date 12 April 2009 (original upload date) Source Transferred from en.wikipedia; transferred to Commons by User:FunkMonk using CommonsHelper. Author Original uploader was Jstuby at en.wikipedia PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/5/50/Opabinia_smithsonian. JPG | |
540,000,000 YBN | 104) The Lophotrochozoa {Lu-Fo-Tro-Ku-ZO-u} Phylum Platyhelminthes {PlaTEheLmiNtEZ} evolves (flatworms). |
[1] Description English: The flatworm Pseudoceros dimidiatus. North Horn, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea. Date August 9, 2005 Source Flickr Author Richard Ling CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/1/1e/Pseudoceros_dimidiatu s.jpg [2] Two turbellarians mating by penis fencing. Each has two penises, the white spikes on the undersides of their heads. Description English: Two Individuals of Pseudobiceros bedfordi about to have a Sperm Battle. – Species of the flatworm genus Pseudobiceros are hermaphroditic and have two penises that are used to inject sperm into the partner. P. bedfordi is exceptional in that it applies sperm onto the partner's skin rather than injecting it. Deutsch: Zwei Plattwürmer (Pseudobiceros bedfordi) vor der Begattung. Der doppelte Penis ist bei beiden Individuen gut sichtbar. Date Published: 2004-06-15 Source Whitfield J: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sexes. PLoS Biol 2/6/2004: e183. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0020183.g001, photo page Author Photo courtesy of Nico Michiels. CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/3/38/Flatworm_sex.png | |
540,000,000 YBN | 319) The Protist Phylum "Radiolaria" {rADEOlaREo} (ocean protists, many with silica shells). |
[1] FIG. 2. The tree of life based on molecular, ultrastructural and palaeontological evidence. Contrary to widespread assumptions, the root is among the eubacteria, probably within the double-enveloped Negibacteria, not between eubacteria and archaebacteria (Cavalier-Smith, 2002b); it may lie between Eobacteria and other Negibacteria (Cavalier-Smith, 2002b). The position of the eukaryotic root has been nearly as controversial, but is less hard to establish: it probably lies between unikonts and bikonts (Lang et al., 2002; Stechmann and Cavalier-Smith, 2002, 2003). For clarity the basal eukaryotic kingdom Protozoa is not labelled; it comprises four major groups (alveolates, cabozoa, Amoebozoa and Choanozoa) plus the small bikont phylum Apusozoa of unclear precise position; whether Heliozoa are protozoa as shown or chromists is uncertain (Cavalier-Smith, 2003b). Symbiogenetic cell enslavement occurred four or five times: in the origin of mitochondria and chloroplasts from different negibacteria, of chromalveolates by the enslaving of a red alga (Cavalier-Smith, 1999, 2003; Harper and Keeling, 2003) and in the origin of the green plastids of euglenoid (excavate) and chlorarachnean (cercozoan) algae-a green algal cell was enslaved either by the ancestral cabozoan (arrow) or (less likely) twice independently within excavates and Cercozoa (asterisks) (Cavalier-Smith, 2003a). The upper thumbnail sketch shows membrane topology in the chimaeric cryptophytes (class Cryptophyceae of the phylum Cryptista); in the ancestral chromist the former food vacuole membrane fused with the rough endoplasmic reticulum placing the enslaved cell within its lumen (red) to yield the complex membrane topology shown. The large host nucleus and the tiny nucleomorph are shown in blue, chloroplast green and mitochondrion purple. In chlorarachneans (class Chlorarachnea of phylum Cercozoa) the former food vacuole membrane remained topologically distinct from the ER to become an epiplastid membrane and so did not acquire ribosomes on its surface, but their membrane topology is otherwise similar to the cryptophytes. The other sketches portray the four major kinds of cell in the living world and their membrane topology. The upper ones show the contrasting ancestral microtubular cytoskeleton (ciliary roots, in red) of unikonts (a cone of single microtubules attaching the single centriole to the nucleus, blue) and bikonts (two bands of microtubules attached to the posterior centriole and an anterior fan of microtubules attached to the anterior centriole). The lower ones show the single plasma membrane of unibacteria (posibacteria plus archaebacteria), which were ancestral to eukaryotes and the double envelope of negibacteria, which were ancestral to mitochondria and chloroplasts (which retained the outer membrane, red). source: http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/cg i/content/full/95/1/147/FIG2 [2] Fig. 1. A consensus phylogeny of eukaryotes. The vast majority of characterized eukaryotes, with the notable exception of major subgroups of amoebae, can now be assigned to one of eight major groups. Opisthokonts (basal flagellum) have a single basal flagellum on reproductive cells and flat mitochondrial cristae (most eukaryotes have tubular ones). Eukaryotic photosynthesis originated in Plants; theirs are the only plastids with just two outer membranes. Heterokonts (different flagellae) have a unique flagellum decorated with hollow tripartite hairs (stramenopiles) and, usually, a second plain one. Cercozoans are amoebae with filose pseudopodia, often living with in tests (hard outer shells), some very elaborate (foraminiferans). Amoebozoa are mostly naked amoebae (lacking tests), often with lobose pseudopodia for at least part of their life cycle. Alveolates have systems of cortical alveoli directly beneath their plasma membranes. Discicristates have discoid mitochondrial cristae and, in some cases, a deep (excavated) ventral feeding groove. Amitochondrial excavates lack substantial molecular phylogenetic support, but most have an excavated ventral feeding groove, and all lack mitochondria. The tree shown is based on a consensus of molecular (1-4) and ultrastructural (16, 17) data and includes a rough indication of new ciPCR ''taxa'' (broken black lines) (7-11). An asterisk preceding the taxon name indicates probable paraphyletic group. source: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/co ntent/full/300/5626/1703 | |
540,000,000 YBN | 321) The Protist Phylum "Foraminifera" {FOraMiniFRu} evolves, (unicellular protists with fine pseudopods that extend from a cytoplasm body encased within a calcium carbonate shell). |
[1] FIG. 2. The tree of life based on molecular, ultrastructural and palaeontological evidence. Contrary to widespread assumptions, the root is among the eubacteria, probably within the double-enveloped Negibacteria, not between eubacteria and archaebacteria (Cavalier-Smith, 2002b); it may lie between Eobacteria and other Negibacteria (Cavalier-Smith, 2002b). The position of the eukaryotic root has been nearly as controversial, but is less hard to establish: it probably lies between unikonts and bikonts (Lang et al., 2002; Stechmann and Cavalier-Smith, 2002, 2003). For clarity the basal eukaryotic kingdom Protozoa is not labelled; it comprises four major groups (alveolates, cabozoa, Amoebozoa and Choanozoa) plus the small bikont phylum Apusozoa of unclear precise position; whether Heliozoa are protozoa as shown or chromists is uncertain (Cavalier-Smith, 2003b). Symbiogenetic cell enslavement occurred four or five times: in the origin of mitochondria and chloroplasts from different negibacteria, of chromalveolates by the enslaving of a red alga (Cavalier-Smith, 1999, 2003; Harper and Keeling, 2003) and in the origin of the green plastids of euglenoid (excavate) and chlorarachnean (cercozoan) algae-a green algal cell was enslaved either by the ancestral cabozoan (arrow) or (less likely) twice independently within excavates and Cercozoa (asterisks) (Cavalier-Smith, 2003a). The upper thumbnail sketch shows membrane topology in the chimaeric cryptophytes (class Cryptophyceae of the phylum Cryptista); in the ancestral chromist the former food vacuole membrane fused with the rough endoplasmic reticulum placing the enslaved cell within its lumen (red) to yield the complex membrane topology shown. The large host nucleus and the tiny nucleomorph are shown in blue, chloroplast green and mitochondrion purple. In chlorarachneans (class Chlorarachnea of phylum Cercozoa) the former food vacuole membrane remained topologically distinct from the ER to become an epiplastid membrane and so did not acquire ribosomes on its surface, but their membrane topology is otherwise similar to the cryptophytes. The other sketches portray the four major kinds of cell in the living world and their membrane topology. The upper ones show the contrasting ancestral microtubular cytoskeleton (ciliary roots, in red) of unikonts (a cone of single microtubules attaching the single centriole to the nucleus, blue) and bikonts (two bands of microtubules attached to the posterior centriole and an anterior fan of microtubules attached to the anterior centriole). The lower ones show the single plasma membrane of unibacteria (posibacteria plus archaebacteria), which were ancestral to eukaryotes and the double envelope of negibacteria, which were ancestral to mitochondria and chloroplasts (which retained the outer membrane, red). source: http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/cg i/content/full/95/1/147/FIG2 [2] Fig. 1. A consensus phylogeny of eukaryotes. The vast majority of characterized eukaryotes, with the notable exception of major subgroups of amoebae, can now be assigned to one of eight major groups. Opisthokonts (basal flagellum) have a single basal flagellum on reproductive cells and flat mitochondrial cristae (most eukaryotes have tubular ones). Eukaryotic photosynthesis originated in Plants; theirs are the only plastids with just two outer membranes. Heterokonts (different flagellae) have a unique flagellum decorated with hollow tripartite hairs (stramenopiles) and, usually, a second plain one. Cercozoans are amoebae with filose pseudopodia, often living with in tests (hard outer shells), some very elaborate (foraminiferans). Amoebozoa are mostly naked amoebae (lacking tests), often with lobose pseudopodia for at least part of their life cycle. Alveolates have systems of cortical alveoli directly beneath their plasma membranes. Discicristates have discoid mitochondrial cristae and, in some cases, a deep (excavated) ventral feeding groove. Amitochondrial excavates lack substantial molecular phylogenetic support, but most have an excavated ventral feeding groove, and all lack mitochondria. The tree shown is based on a consensus of molecular (1-4) and ultrastructural (16, 17) data and includes a rough indication of new ciPCR ''taxa'' (broken black lines) (7-11). An asterisk preceding the taxon name indicates probable paraphyletic group. source: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/co ntent/full/300/5626/1703 | |
540,000,000 YBN | 340) The Lophotrochozoa Phylum Nemertea {ne-mR-TEu} evolves (ribbon worms). |
[1] Description English: Basiodiscus mexicanus was photographed at Los Arcos, near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Date Source University of California Museum of Paleology: Introduction to the Nemertini Author Chris Meyer and Allen Collins Permission (Reusing this file) See below. PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/4/49/Nemertea_Basiodiscus_ mexicanus.png [2] Timeline of phylogeny of animals, figure 6 from: S. Blair Hedges, ''The origin and evolution of model organisms'', Nature Reviews Genetics 3, 838-849 (November 2002) http://www.nature.com/nrg/journal /v3/n11/full/nrg929.html {Hedges_2002.p df} a) The relationships and divergence times (millions of years ago (Mya) plusminus one standard error) of selected model animals are shown, based on recent multigene and multiprotein studies51, 61, 84. The fossil divergence time of birds and mammals (310 Mya) was used to calibrate the molecular clock. Branch lengths are not proportional to time. b ) The relationships and numbers of living species, from a diversity of sources in most of the main groups. COPYRIGHTED source: http://rstb.royalsocietypublishi ng.org/content/363/1496/1513 | |
540,000,000 YBN | 341) The Ecdysozoa Phylum Tardigrada {ToRDiGRiDe} evolves (tardigrades). |
[1] Description Willow Gabriel and Bob Goldstein, http://tardigrades.bio.unc.edu/ Date 2007-05-20 (original upload date) CC source: http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumbl r_limfh2NXtC1qc6j5yo1_400.jpg [2] from Giribet 2007 source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/6/65/Hypsibiusdujardini.jp g | |
540,000,000 YBN | 342) The Ecdysozoa Phylum Onychophora evolves. Onychophorans are a transition between worms and arthropods: they have segmented worm-like bodies but they also have jointed appendages, antennae, and shed their cuticle like arthropods do. |
[1] Euperipatoides kanangrensis on a eucalyptus log, in which it normally resides. Description English: Cropped version of File:Euperipatoides kanangrensis.jpg Date 13 October 2009 CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/6/67/Euperipatoides_kanang rensis_crop.jpg [2] Figure from: Giribet, G. (2008). Assembling the lophotrochozoan (=spiralian) tree of life. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences , 363 (1496), 1513-1522. URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2007.2241 http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org /content/363/1496/1513 COPYRIGHTED source: http://rstb.royalsocietypublishi ng.org/content/363/1496/1513 | |
535,000,000 YBN | 114) The first heart evolves in bilaterians. Muscles for pumping blood and for maintaining adequate blood pressure can be divided into three groups: contractile blood vessels (found in nemerteans and annelids), ostiate {oSTEAT} hearts (found in arthropods), and chambered hearts (found in molluscs and vertebrates). |
[1] From: Ruppert, Fox, Barnes, ''Invertebrate Zoology'', 2004. COPYRIGHTED source: Ruppert, Fox, Barnes, "Invertebrate Zoology", 2004. [2] From: Ruppert, Fox, Barnes, ''Invertebrate Zoology'', 2004. COPYRIGHTED source: Ruppert, Fox, Barnes, "Invertebrate Zoology", 2004. | |
533,000,000 YBN | 343) The Lophotrochozoa Phylum Mollusca evolves; Mollusks. The phylum Mollusca is the second largest animal phylum after the arthropods, and is divided into seven classes, three of which (Gastropoda {GaSTroPeDu} (snails), Bivalvia (clams and muscles), and Cephalopoda {SeFeloPeDu} (squids and octupuses) are of major importance. |
[1] From: Ruppert, E.E., Fox, R.S., and Barnes, R.D. (2004). Invertebrate Zoology (7 ed.). Brooks / Cole. pp. 284–291. ISBN 0030259827. PD source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mol lusca [2] Description Clams Date Source Own work Author Marlith CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/8/8f/Clams.JPG | |
530,000,000 YBN | 338) The Lophotrochozoa Phylum Annelida evolves; segmented worms. Annelids are various worms or wormlike animals, characterized by an elongated, cylindrical, segmented body and includes the earthworm and leech. |
[1] An earthworm's clitellum they have a unique reproductive organ, the ring-shaped clitellum (''pack saddle'') round their bodies, which produces a cocoon that stores and nourishes fertilized eggs until they hatch Description Regenwurm mit Clitellum - (sattelförmige Verdickung im vorderen Drittel).Das Sekret der Clitellum-Drüsen dient u. a. zur Bildung dieses Ei-Kokons. Français : Ver de terre (Oligochaeta, Lumbricina) Svenska: Daggmask (Lumbricus spec.) Русский: Дождевой червь (род Лумбрикус) Date Source first upload in de wikipedia on 09:58, 16. Feb 2005 by Michael Linnenbach Author Michael Linnenbach GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/3/30/Regenwurm1.jpg [2] Figure from: Giribet, G. (2008). Assembling the lophotrochozoan (=spiralian) tree of life. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences , 363 (1496), 1513-1522. URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2007.2241 http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org /content/363/1496/1513 COPYRIGHTED source: http://rstb.royalsocietypublishi ng.org/content/363/1496/1513 | |
530,000,000 YBN | 339) The Ecdysozoa Phylum Arthropoda evolves; the "Arthropods". Arthropods can be compared to a segmented worm encased in a rigid exoskeleton. The phylum Arthropoda is the largest phylum in the animal kingdom. Arthropods include the trilobites, the crustaceans (shrimps, crabs, and lobsters), the Myriapoda (centipedes and millipedes), the Chelicerata (arachnids and horseshoe crabs) and the insects. All arthropods have a segmented body covered by an exoskeleton containing chitin, which serves as both armor and as a surface for muscle attachment. |
[1] Extinct and modern arthropods English: Arthropoda collage. From left to right and from top to bottom: Kolihapeltis, Stylonurus, Scorpion, Crab, Centipede, Butterfly CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/8/80/Arthropoda.jpg [2] Figure from: Giribet, G. (2008). Assembling the lophotrochozoan (=spiralian) tree of life. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences , 363 (1496), 1513-1522. URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2007.2241 http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org /content/363/1496/1513 COPYRIGHTED source: http://rstb.royalsociorg/content /363/1496/1513 | |
530,000,000 YBN | 350) The Chordata Vertebrates evolve. This Subphylum, Vertabrata, contains most fishes, and all amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds. The characteristic features of the Vertebrata are a vertebral column, or backbone, and a cranium, which protects the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and major sense organs. This earliest vertebrate skeleton is made completely of cartilage. |
[1] Description Lampetra fluviatilis from the german northsea Date 2004 Source Germany Author M.Buschmann Permission (Reusing this file) Author is owner CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/3/3f/Lampetra_fluviatilis. jpg [2] Description Clockwise, starting from top left: 1. Fire Salamander (Salamandra salamandra) 2. Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) 3. Southern Cassowary (Casusarius casuarius) 4. Black-and-rufus Giant Elephant Shrew (Rhynchocyon petersi) 5. Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) Date CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/e/ec/Vertebrates.png | |
530,000,000 YBN | 6637) The Vertebrates Jawless fishes evolve (agnatha). The earliest extant jawless fishes, the hagfishes evolve now. |
[1] Description English: Pacific hagfish (Eptatretus stoutii) in a hole at 150 meters depth. Latitude 37 58 N., Longitude 123 27 W. Location: California, Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary. Date Last Updated: September 30, 2009. Source http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/htmls/sanc 1692.htm http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/bigs/sanc16 92.jpg Author Linda Snook, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) / Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary (CBNMS) PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Eptatretus_stou tii.jpg/1280px-Eptatretus_stoutii.jpg [2] Description Lampetra fluviatilis from the german northsea Date 2004 Source Germany Author M.Buschmann Permission (Reusing this file) Author is owner CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/3/3f/Lampetra_fluviatilis. jpg | |
520,000,000 YBN | 133) The Arthropods Chelicerata (KeliSuroTo) evolve (eight legs, ancestor of the horseshoe crabs, sea spiders, and the Arachnids: mites, spiders, and scorpions). | earliest (sea spider) fossils: Orsten, Sweden |
[1] Description English: Horseshoe crab dorsal and ventral Italiano: Limulus polyphemus dorsale e ventrale Date 10 April 2009 Source Own work Author Ricce PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Limulo_dorsale_ e_ventrale.jpg/1280px-Limulo_dorsale_e_v entrale.jpg [2] taken from en:Image:Horseshoe crab female.jpg Dead female horseshoe crab from NOAA Photo Library: Image ID: line2632, America's Coastlines Collection Location: Patuxent River, Maryland Photo Date: 2002 August 17 Photographer: Mary Hollinger, NESDIS/NODC biologist, NOAA PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/1/1b/Horseshoe_crab_female .jpg |
520,000,000 YBN | 148) The earliest color vision evolves in arthropods. |
[1] Microphotograph of the multiple eye of the trilobite Phacops, showing the calcite lenses in the eye. PD source: http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ed ucation-and-outreach/additional/science- focus/images/phacops_eye.jpg [2] Description English: A schizochroal [eye] of the trilobite Phacops rana, eye dimensions 8mm across by 5.5mm high, found near Sylvania, Ohio, USA, from the Devonian Date 15 October 2011 Source Own work Author Dwergenpaartje CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/0/0f/Phacops_rana_crassitu berculata_eye_3.jpg | |
520,000,000 YBN | 346) The Deuterostome Phylum Echinodermata evolves; the "Echinoderms" (iKIniDRMS }, the ancestor of the sea cucumbers, sea urchins, sand dollars, and star fishes. |
[1] Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. A beautiful array of starfish , sea urchins and mussel shells in the rocky intertidal zone of Kachemak Bay. Image ID: nerr0878, NOAA National Estuarine Research Reserve Collection from NOAA: http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/nerr/nerr08 78.htm PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Nerr0878.jpg/10 24px-Nerr0878.jpg [2] Description English: The first in a sequence of three photos that show a brittle star flipping itself rightside-up. Date 1 May 2011 Source Own work Author Alexcooper1 CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/A_brittle_star_ flipping_itself_rightside-up.jpg/1024px- A_brittle_star_flipping_itself_rightside -up.jpg | |
520,000,000 YBN | 6349) The arthropods trilobites evolve. Trilobites have a segmented body that is divided into three vertical lobes. There is a transition from soft-bodied organisms, to the clam-like shell organisms, to the segmented calcite and chitin shells of the trilobites. |
[1] example of earliest trilobites (e.g., Fallotaspis longa) UNKNOWN source: http://www.trilobites.info/biost ratfallon.jpg [2] Niles Eldredge, ''Trilobites and Evolutionary Patterns'', p305-332 in Anthony Hallam, ''Patterns of evolution as illustrated by the fossil record, Volume 5'', 1977, p322. http://books.google.com/books?id= q7GjDIyyWegC COPYRIGHTED source: http://books.google.com/books?id =q7GjDIyyWegC | |
513,000,000 YBN | 6351) The Arthropods Crustaceans evolve (the ancestor of all shrimps, crabs, lobsters, and barnicles). | earliest fossils: Shropshire, England |
[1] Canadaspis perfecta (ROM 61119) – Part and counterpart. Complete specimen showing phosphatized gut diverticulae and posterior dark stain (probably representing decay fluids), lateral view. Left images, complete slab (part) showing associated species; Yohoia tenuis (bottom right), Waptia fieldensis (left, partially covered by a disarticulated carapace of Canadaspis), Burgessia bella (far left). Right images, details of the counterpart. Specimen length = 72 mm. Specimen dry – direct light (top row), dry – polarized light (bottom left), wet – polarized light (bottom right). Walcott Quarry. © Royal Ontario Museum. Photos: Jean-Bernard Caron COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.burgess-shale.rom.on. ca/images/zoomify/canadaspis-rom-61119.j pg [2] 3D model of Canadaspis perfecta. COPYRIGHTED source: http://burgess-shale.rom.on.ca/v ideo/fossil-gallery/0b1-canadaspis-turnt able.jpg |
501,000,000 YBN | 6348) The Arthropods Myriapoda {mEREaPeDu} evolve; the ancestor of all centipedes and millipedes. | earliest possible fossils: (Marine deposits)(Wheeler Formation) Utah, USA and (Ust-Majan formation) East Siberia|(earliest fossils) Shropshire, England |
[1] Description Lithobius forficatus Deutsch: Steinläufer Date 9 August 2005 Source Own work Author Darkone CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/7/79/Steinl%C3%A4ufer_%28L ithobius_forficatus%29_3.jpg [2] Description Tachypodoiulus niger Date 2007-06-28 Source Own work Author Stemonitis CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Tachypodoiulus_ niger_1.jpg/1280px-Tachypodoiulus_niger_ 1.jpg |
488,300,000 YBN | 121) The end of the Cambrian (542-488.3 mybn), and start of the Ordovician {ORDiVisiN} (488.3-443.7 mybn) Period. |
[1] Geologic Time Scale 2009 UNKNOWN source: http://www.geosociety.org/scienc e/timescale/timescl.pdf [2] 500 Ma - Late Cambrian UNKNOWN source: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/500 _Camb_2globes.jpg | |
488,000,000 YBN | 6314) The Ordovician (ORDeVisiN} radiation. During the Ordovician the number of genera {JeN-R-u} will quadruple. |
[1] Recreation of life during the Ordovician UNKNOWN source: http://ferrebeekeeper.files.word press.com/2010/11/ordovician.jpg [2] A second peak time in the abundance of shell-surviving life forms was in the Upper Ordovician (by this time also, the first larger vertebrates, fossil fish, had appeared). Below are two illustrations: the first, an artist' conception of marine invertebrate life in the late Ordovician; the second, a typical slab of Ordovician limestone (from Indiana) containing the fossil types listed in its caption: PD source: http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect20/ ordovicsea.jpg | |
475,000,000 YBN | 244) The non-vascular plants evolve, Bryophyta {BrIoFiTo}, (the ancestor of the Liverworts, Hornworts, and Mosses). The Bryophytes are the simplest land plants, and reproduce with spores. |
[1] Phaeoceros laevis (L.) Prosk. gnu source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Anthoceros_levis.jpg [2] English: A closeup shot of moss on a rock in Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, Canada. Sony Alpha A100 Date 25 March 2007 Source Own work Author KirinX at en.wikipedia Permission (Reusing this file) CC-BY-SA-2.5. CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/1/1c/Moss_closeup.jpg | |
475,000,000 YBN | 398) Plants live on land. The earliest fossil spores belonging to land plants. Plants conquer land before animals do, and like animals may move to land not by sea but by freshwater. | earliest fossils: Caradoc, Libya |
[1] Gray, J., Massa, D., & Boucot, A. J. Caradocian land plant microfossils from libya. Geology , April 1982, 10 (4), 197-201. URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1982 )10<197:CLPMFL>2.0.CO;2 http://geology.gsapubs.org/ content/10/4/197.abstract?sid=dadb8801-c fd4-4eb4-b70e-95cb217113e4 {Gray_Jane_1 98204xx.pdf} COPYRIGHTED source: http://geology.gsapubs.org/conte nt/10/4/197.abstract?sid=dadb8801-cfd4-4 eb4-b70e-95cb217113e4 [2] Phaeoceros laevis (L.) Prosk. gnu source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Anthoceros_levis.jpg |
472,000,000 YBN | 402) The first animals live on land, the arthropods Myriapoda (centipedes and millipedes). | earliest arthropod tracks: Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
[1] Figure 4. Field photographs of representative trackways. Scale bars represent 5 cm. A: Trackway with central drag and well-defined appendage marks. Bottom surface. B: Trackway with central drag and poorly defined appendage marks. Top surface. Surface dips to top of photograph; note downdip offset of central drag. C: Robust trackway with well-developed appendage marks and no central drag. Note push-ups of sand (arrows) associated with appendage impressions. Figure 4 from: MacNaughton, Robert B., Jennifer M. Cole, Robert W. Dalrymple, Simon J. Braddy, Derek E.G. Briggs, and Terrence D. Lukie. “First Steps on Land: Arthropod Trackways in Cambrian-Ordovician Eolian Sandstone, Southeastern Ontario, Canada.” Geology 30, no. 5 (May 2002): 391 –394. http://geology.geoscienceworld. org/citmgr?gca=geology;30/5/391 COPYRIG HTED source: http://geology.geoscienceworld.o rg/citmgr?gca=geology;30/5/391 [2] Figure 2 from: Heather M. Wilson and Lyall I. Anderson, ''Morphology and Taxonomy of Paleozoic Millipedes (Diplopoda: Chilognatha: Archipolypoda) from Scotland'', Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 78, No. 1 (Jan., 2004), pp. 169-184 http://www.jstor.org/stable/409 4847 {Anderson_Lyall_200401xx.pdf} COP YRIGHTED source: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4094 847?&Search=yes&searchText=MILLIPEDES&se archText=TAXONOMY&searchText=MORPHOLOGY& searchText=PALEOZOIC&list=hide&searchUri =%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3DMOR PHOLOGY%2BAND%2BTAXONOMY%2BOF%2BPALEOZOI C%2BMILLIPEDES%26acc%3Don%26wc%3Don&prev Search=&item=2&ttl=43&returnArticleServi ce=showFullText |
465,000,000 YBN | 6636) The Jawless fishes lamprays evolve. |
[1] Description Lampetra fluviatilis from the german northsea Date 2004 Source Germany Author M.Buschmann Permission (Reusing this file) Author is owner CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/3/3f/Lampetra_fluviatilis. jpg [2] Fossil Ostracoderms. Representatives of three extinct groups. The head armor is especially well developed in Hemicyclaspis, an ostracoderm of the ''Cephalapsis'' type, in which the head is flattened and expanded into a large filter-feeding basket. Ostracoderms lacked the paired (pectoral and pelvic) fins of more advanced fish. In some cases, small spines were present at the points where paired fins develop in higher fishes. In Hemicyclaspis, one sees a pair of anterior, flipper-like structures in lieu of pectoral fins. From Romer, A. S. 1964. The Vertebrate Body. W. B. Saunders. Philadelphia. COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.blc.arizona.edu/cours es/schaffer/182/Vertebrates/Ostracoderms .jpg | |
460,000,000 YBN | 353) Jawed vertebrates evolve, Gnathostomata {no toST omoTo}. This large group includes all jawed fishes, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds. The first vertebrate teeth. The jaw evolves from parts of the gill skeleton. | Oceans |
[1] Image from: Palmer, D. The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Animals: A Comprehensive Color Guide to Over 500 Species. New Line Books, 2002. COPYRIGHTED source: Palmer, D. The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Animals: A Comprehensive Color Guide to Over 500 Species. New Line Books, 2002. [2] Kardong, ''Vertebrates'', Third Edition, 2002. COPYRIGHTED source: Kardong, "Vertebrates", Third Edition, 2002. |
460,000,000 YBN | 404) The Jawed fishes Chondrichthyes {KoN-DriK-tE-EZ} (Cartilaginous fishes: ancestor of all sharks, rays, skates, and sawfishes). |
[1] Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p360-363. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p360-363. [2] Miller, Randall F., Richard Cloutier, and Susan Turner. “The Oldest Articulated Chondrichthyan from the Early Devonian Period.” Nature 425.6957 (2003): 501–504. Web. 23 May 2012. http://www.nature.com/nature/jour nal/v425/n6957/full/nature02001.html {M iller_Chondrichthyans_2003.pdf} COPYRIG HTED source: http://www.nature.com/nature/jou rnal/v425/n6957/full/nature02001.html | |
460,000,000 YBN | 458) The earliest fungi on land. The ancestor of all terrestrial fungi (the Glomeromycota, Ascomycota, and Basidiomycota). |
[1] Earliest Glomerales fossil fig 1 from: Redecker D, Kodner R, Graham LE. (2000). ''Glomalean fungi from the Ordovician''. Science 289 (5486): 1920–21. Bibcode 2000Sci...289.1920R. doi:10.1126/science.289.5486.1920. PMID 10988069. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3 077684 COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3077 684 [2] Phylogenetic tree from: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p511. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p511. | |
460,000,000 YBN | 6414) The Fungi Phylum "Glomeromycota" {GlO-mi-rO-mI-KO-Tu} evolves (arbuscular {oRBuSKYUlR} mycorrhizal {MIKerIZL} fungi). | earliest fossils: Wisconsin, USA |
[1] Gigaspora margarita in association with Lotus corniculatus Description Lotus corniculatus var. japonicus kolonisiert durch Gigaspora margarita Date 18 September 2007 Source Own work Author Mike Guether GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Gigaspora_marga rita.JPG/1024px-Gigaspora_margarita.JPG [2] germinating Gigaspora decipiens source: http://pages.unibas.ch/bothebel/ people/redecker/ff/glomero.htm |
445,000,000 YBN | 90) The end-Ordovician mass extinction. This is caused by an ice age. This is the first of five mass extinctions in the Phanerozoic. |
[1] NOAA Photo Library Image - corp1440 Flying over a huge glacier on the way to McMurdo Station Image ID: corp1440, NOAA At The Ends of the Earth Collection Location: Antarctica Photographer: Mr. Fred Walton, NOAA Category: Antarctica/McMurdo/Glacier/ PD source: http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/big s/corp1440.jpg [2] Image of object impact with Earth UNKNOWN source: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u1aaDd JP2M0/Tj0QtfwPQQI/AAAAAAAAAbk/3SpkL8NCec w/s1600/asteroid-impact.jpg | |
443,700,000 YBN | 122) The end of the Ordovician (488.3-443.7 mybn), and the start of the Silurian (443.7-416) Period. |
[1] Geologic Time Scale 2009 UNKNOWN source: http://www.geosociety.org/scienc e/timescale/timescl.pdf [2] 450 Ma - Late Ordovician UNKNOWN source: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/450 _Ord_3globes.jpg | |
440,000,000 YBN | 236) The Vascular plants evolve, the Phylum Tracheophyta {TrAKEoFiTu}. Vascular plants have a specialized conducting system consisting mostly of phloem (food-conducting tissue) and xylem (water-conducting tissue), collectively called vascular tissue. |
[1] Description Equisetum telmateia (Equisetopsida) at Cambridge Botanic Garden Date 18 May 2008 Source Own work Author Rror Other versions Derivative works of this file: species on earth.jpg GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/7/7c/Equisetopsida.jpg [2] Fig. 2. Chronogram showing estimates of phylogenetic relationships and divergence times among the major groups of extant land plants. The estimate of relationships is synthesized from the following papers in this issue: Burleigh and Mathews (2004) , Pryer et al. (2004) , Shaw and Renzaglia (2004) , and Soltis and Soltis (2004) . Divergence time estimates are mostly based on analyses of molecular data with fossil constraints (Wikström et al., 2001 ; Pryer et al., 2004 ) and are augmented by fossil evidence (Kenrick and Crane, 1997 ; Wellman et al., 2003 ). Estimates of the number of species in each group are from Judd et al. (2002) and W. S. Judd (personal communication). Groups covered by a particular article in this special issue are circled and connected to the names of the article's authors. ''Other conifers'' refers to the clade consisting of all conifers except for Pinaceae (see Burleigh and Mathews, 2004 ). ''Lepto. ferns'' refers to leptosporangiate ferns fig 2 from: Jeffrey D. Palmer, Douglas E. Soltis and Mark W. Chase, ''The plant tree of life: an overview and some points of view'', American Journal of Botany. 2004;91:1437-1445., (2004). http://www.amjbot.org/content/91/10/14 37.full {Chase_Mark_2004.pdf} COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.amjbot.org/content/91 /10/1437/F2.large.jpg | |
440,000,000 YBN | 360) The Jawed fishes, Bony fishes evolve; Osteichthyes {oS TE iK tE EZ}), the ancestor of the ray-finned, lobefin, and lung fishes. Bony-fishes have a skeleton that is at least partly ossified or made of bone. The bony fishes are the ancestors of the tetrapods who will ultimately move onto land. The earliest bony fishes are the ray-finned fishes. | Ocean and fresh water |
[1] Adapted from: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p339. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p339. [2] A sturgeon (pt:esturjāo). esturgeon noir d'Amérique (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) http://images.fws.gov/ PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/c/c2/Sturgeon2.jpg |
440,000,000 YBN | 6172) The first lung evolves from the swim bladder in ray-finned fishes. Some teleosts still use their swim bladder for breathing out of water. | Ocean (presumably) |
[1] Image from: Palmer, D. The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Animals: A Comprehensive Color Guide to Over 500 Species. New Line Books, 2002. COPYRIGHTED source: Palmer, D. The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Animals: A Comprehensive Color Guide to Over 500 Species. New Line Books, 2002. [2] Earliest fish with lung in existance?[t] Nile Bichir (Polypterus bichir bichir) from Günther, A.C.L.G., 1880. An introduction to the study of fishes. Today & Tomorrow's Book Agency, New Delhi. GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/e/e8/Nile_bichir.png |
425,000,000 YBN | 377) The Jawed fishes, Lobe-fin fishes evolve. Lobe-fin fishes have a fleshy lobe at the base of each fin. The earliest extant Lobe-fin fishes, the coelacanths evolve now. |
[1] Description Preserved specimen of chalumnae (Also known as Coelacanth [1]) in the Natural History Museum, Vienna, Austria. Believed to have been extinct for 70 million years, this specimen was caught the 18 October of 1974, next to Salimani/Selimani (Grande Comore, Comoros Islands) 11°48′40.7″S 43°16′3.3″E Length: 170 cm - Weight: 60 kg Obtained by stiching 3 HiRes images and removing the background with image post-processing. Date August 2007 Source Own work Author Alberto Fernandez Fernandez GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/f/fa/Latimeria_Chalumnae_- _Coelacanth_-_NHMW.jpg | |
420,000,000 YBN | 6350) The Arthropods Hexapods (arthropods with six legs {3 pairs}, the ancestor of all insects). | earliest fossils: (Rhynie chert) Scotland |
[1] Description Protura specimen, taken under stereo microscope (40x). Acerentomon sp. Date 7 December 2008, 03:13 Source Protura Uploaded by Richard001 Author Gregor ?nidar CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/b/bc/Protura_specimen_(Ace rentomon_species)_micrograph.jpg [2] Description English: Campodea staphylinus, a dipluran. Photo by Michel Vuijlsteke. Taken on May 9, 2006 at 4.09pm CEST in Gent, Belgium. Date 2007-07-08 (original upload date) Source Transferred from en.wikipedia Author Original uploader was Mvuijlst at en.wikipedia Permission (Reusing this file) CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/2/2e/Diplura.jpg |
418,000,000 YBN | 6431) The Chelicerata Arachnids evolve (the ancestor of all scorpions, spiders, mites and ticks). | earliest fossils: ("Bertie Waterlime" of) NY, USA |
[1] Description Proscorpius osborni fossil. The Eurypterida of New York. Volume 2. New York State Museum Memoir 14, plate 88 Date 1912 Source California/Google Books Author John Mason Clarke (1857-1925) and Rudolf Ruedemann (1864-1956) PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/1/15/The_Eurypterida_of_Ne w_York_plate_88.jpg [2] Description The Eurypterida of New York. Volume 1. New York State Museum Memoir 14, figure 81-83 Date 1912 Source Google Books Author John Mason Clarke (1857-1925) and Rudolf Ruedemann (1864-1956) PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/e/ef/The_Eurypterida_of_Ne w_York_figure_81-83.jpg |
417,000,000 YBN | 378) The Lobefin fishes, Lungfishes evolve. |
[1] Description English: Australian lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri) Date Source Picure taken by Tannin (from English wikipedia) Author User:Tannin GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/6/61/Australian-Lungfish.j pg [2] Description English: Lateral view of lungs of a dissected Protopterus dolloi Date 2007ish (15 February 2009 (original upload date)) Source Transferred from en.wikipedia (Original text : Photo from lab dissection at U. of Cincinnati) Author Mokele (talk). Original uploader was Mokele at en.wikipedia GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/a/ae/Lungs_of_Protopterus_ dolloi.JPG | |
416,000,000 YBN | 123) The end of the Silurian (443.7-416 mybn), and start of the Devonian {DiVONEiN} (416-359.2 mybn) Period. |
[1] Geologic Time Scale 2009 UNKNOWN source: http://www.geosociety.org/scienc e/timescale/timescl.pdf [2] 430 Ma - Early Silurian UNKNOWN source: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/430 _Silurian_2globes.jpg | |
416,000,000 YBN | 6352) The Hexapods: insects evolve. The most primitive extant insects, the Bristletails evolve now. |
[1] Description Français : Groupe de Petrobius maritimus sur falaise supralittorale, Toull ar C'Hrabanoù, Goulien, Finistère, Bretagne, France Date 2 June 2010 Source Own work Author Jymm PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/a/a4/Petrobius_maritimus_2 010-06-02.jpg [2] Description Archaeognatha: Machilidae, collected from Anglesey, UK Date 2006-12-28 Source Own work (own photo) Author User:Stemonitis Permission (Reusing this file) CC Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/4/42/Archaeognatha.jpg | |
410,000,000 YBN | 6363) The Insects Silverfish. |
[1] Thysanura is an order of insects, encompassing silverfish and firebrats, Description Silberfischchen, Lepisma saccharina Date Source from the http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:Silber fischchen.jpg German wiki; taken with Canon EOS 300D Author Sebastian Stabinger GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/5/54/Silberfischchen.jpg [2] Image from: David A. Grimaldi, Michael S. Engel, ''Evolution of the Insects'', 2005, p144. COPYRIGHTED source: David A. Grimaldi, Michael S. Engel, "Evolution of the Insects", 2005, p146 | |
400,000,000 YBN | 227) The largest Fungi phylum "Ascomycota" {aS-KO-mI-KO-Tu} evolves (the ancestor of yeasts, truffles, Penicillium, and morels {mu-reLZ}). | earliest fossils: (Rhynie chert) Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
[1] white truffle cutted photographed by myself GNU head Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ''Text of the GNU Free Documentation License.'' source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/f/fd/Truffle_washed_and_cu tted.jpg [2] EColi-Scerevisiae.jpg (50KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Wikimedia Commons logo This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. The description on its description page there is shown below. Escherichia coli (little forms) & Saccharomyces cerevisiae (big forms) by MEB Public domain This file has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. This applies worldwide. brewer's yeast/baker's yeast source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:EColi-Scerevisiae.jpg |
400,000,000 YBN | 237) The Vascular plants ferns evolve (the ancestor of club mosses, ferns and horsetails). Ferns are flowerless, seedless vascular plants that have roots, stems, and fronds (the leaf-like part of a fern), and reproduce by spores. |
[1] Fig. 2. Chronogram showing estimates of phylogenetic relationships and divergence times among the major groups of extant land plants. The estimate of relationships is synthesized from the following papers in this issue: Burleigh and Mathews (2004) , Pryer et al. (2004) , Shaw and Renzaglia (2004) , and Soltis and Soltis (2004) . Divergence time estimates are mostly based on analyses of molecular data with fossil constraints (Wikström et al., 2001 ; Pryer et al., 2004 ) and are augmented by fossil evidence (Kenrick and Crane, 1997 ; Wellman et al., 2003 ). Estimates of the number of species in each group are from Judd et al. (2002) and W. S. Judd (personal communication). Groups covered by a particular article in this special issue are circled and connected to the names of the article's authors. ''Other conifers'' refers to the clade consisting of all conifers except for Pinaceae (see Burleigh and Mathews, 2004 ). ''Lepto. ferns'' refers to leptosporangiate ferns fig 2 from: Jeffrey D. Palmer, Douglas E. Soltis and Mark W. Chase, ''The plant tree of life: an overview and some points of view'', American Journal of Botany. 2004;91:1437-1445., (2004). http://www.amjbot.org/content/91/10/14 37.full {Chase_Mark_2004.pdf} COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.amjbot.org/content/91 /10/1437/F2.large.jpg [2] Fig. 2. Chronogram showing estimates of phylogenetic relationships and divergence times among the major groups of extant land plants. The estimate of relationships is synthesized from the following papers in this issue: Burleigh and Mathews (2004) , Pryer et al. (2004) , Shaw and Renzaglia (2004) , and Soltis and Soltis (2004) . Divergence time estimates are mostly based on analyses of molecular data with fossil constraints (Wikström et al., 2001 ; Pryer et al., 2004 ) and are augmented by fossil evidence (Kenrick and Crane, 1997 ; Wellman et al., 2003 ). Estimates of the number of species in each group are from Judd et al. (2002) and W. S. Judd (personal communication). Groups covered by a particular article in this special issue are circled and connected to the names of the article's authors. ''Other conifers'' refers to the clade consisting of all conifers except for Pinaceae (see Burleigh and Mathews, 2004 ). ''Lepto. ferns'' refers to leptosporangiate ferns fig 2 from: Jeffrey D. Palmer, Douglas E. Soltis and Mark W. Chase, ''The plant tree of life: an overview and some points of view'', American Journal of Botany. 2004;91:1437-1445., (2004). http://www.amjbot.org/content/91/10/14 37.full {Chase_Mark_2004.pdf} COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.amjbot.org/content/91 /10/1437/F2.large.jpg | |
400,000,000 YBN | 436) The Cartilaginous fishes Subclass: "Elasmobranchii" {elaZmOBrANKEE or I} evolves, (the ancestor of sharks, dogfishes, skates and rays). |
[1] Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p361. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p361. [2] Grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) Description Un gran tiburón surcando aguas oceánicas. Date 14 March 2004 Source Original image: Carcharhinus-amblyrynchos.jpg by Fbattail at fr.wikipedia, March 14, 2004 cropped image: Greyreefsharksmall.jpg by Chris huh at en.wikipedia, August 29. 2006 Transfered to Commons by Harryemi, September 21, 2008 Author original author is Fbattail , the image is cropped by Chris huh GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/b/bb/Tibur%C3%B3n.jpg | |
395,000,000 YBN | 6429) The Green Algae Charophytes evolve (Stoneworts). |
[1] Description English: The stoneworts alga Chara globularis (Syn.: Chara fragilis; Characeae). Deutsch: Habitus der Zerbrechlichen Armleuchteralge (Chara globularis; Syn.: Chara fragilis). Bild mit Flachbettscanner angefertigt. Date October 2005 Source Own work. Location: North-eastern Lower Saxony, Germany. Author Christian Fischer CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/c/cf/CharaFragilis.jpg [2] Description English: The stoneworts alga Chara globularis (Syn.: Chara fragilis; Characeae). Deutsch: Habitus der Zerbrechlichen Armleuchteralge (Chara globularis; Syn.: Chara fragilis); drapiert in einem mit Wasser gefüllten Teller und senkrecht von oben fotografiert. Diese Art ist die wohl häufigste Armleuchteralge in Deutschland (bei regionalen Unterschieden) – die meisten anderen Arten stehen auf der Roten Liste, einige sind extrem selten. Date 2 July 2011 Source Own work. Location: North-eastern Lower Saxony, Germany. Author Christian Fischer CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/CharaGlobularis .jpg/833px-CharaGlobularis.jpg | |
395,000,000 YBN | 6430) The earliest fungi lichen {lIKiN}. A lichen is a fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes {aSKOmISETS}, that grows symbiotically with algae and cyanobacteria, resulting in a composite organism that characteristically forms a crustlike or branching growth on rocks or tree trunks. |
[1] Xanthoparmelia cf. lavicola, a foliose lichen, on basalt. Photograph of lichen on basalt taken at Ulupo, Kailua, O'ahu, Hawai'i by Eric Guinther (Marshman at en.wikipedia) and released under the GNU Free Documentation License. first upload en.wikipedia 23:52, 23 September 2003 . . Marshman (185124 bytes) (Lichen photograph) GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/2/2c/Lichen_squamulose.jpg [2] Fig 1 from: Taylor, T. N. et al. “The Oldest Fossil Lichen.” Nature 378.6554 (1995): 244–244. http://www.nature.com/nature /journal/v378/n6554/abs/378244a0.html C OPYRIGHTED source: Taylor, T. N. et al. “The Oldest Fossil Lichen.” Nature 378.6554 (1995): 244–244. http://www.nature.com/nature /journal/v378/n6554/abs/378244a0.html | |
392,000,000 YBN | 359) The Cartilaginous fishes "Selachii" {SelAKEE or I} evolve, (the ancestor of all sharks: includes great white, hammerhead, mako, tiger and nurse sharks). |
[1] Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p361. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p361. [2] Grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) Description Un gran tiburón surcando aguas oceánicas. Date 14 March 2004 Source Original image: Carcharhinus-amblyrynchos.jpg by Fbattail at fr.wikipedia, March 14, 2004 cropped image: Greyreefsharksmall.jpg by Chris huh at en.wikipedia, August 29. 2006 Transfered to Commons by Harryemi, September 21, 2008 Author original author is Fbattail , the image is cropped by Chris huh GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/b/bb/Tibur%C3%B3n.jpg | |
392,000,000 YBN | 437) The Cartilaginous fishes: "Holocephali" {HoloSeFolE or I} evolve, (the ancestor of the chimaeras {KiMERoZ} also called rabbit-fishes or ratfishes). |
[1] Description Spotted ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei) observed off Pt Pinos during a sanctuary seafloor monitoring survey using the Delta submersible. Date 13 August 2004 Source http://www.mbnms-simon.org/other/photos /photo_info.php?photoID=1307 Author Linda Snook / MBNMS Permission (Reusing this file) All SIMoN photos and video are in the public domain and CANNOT be copyrighted. Although at present, no fee is charged for using the media. Credit MUST be given to the photographer or other source as stated with the photo metadata. [1] PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/f/f9/Hydrolagus_colliei.jp g [2] Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p361. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p361. | |
385,000,000 YBN | 405) The first forests. The earliest large tree fossils. | earliest fossils: Gilboa, New York, USA |
[1] a, General view of the crown portion, showing longitudinal ranks of branch bases on the trunk proximally, and attached branches with digitate ramification and speckled surface pattern distally. Scale bar, 20 cm. b, Line drawing of the specimen as recovered including trunk and crown; the box shows the portion in a, and the arrow indicates the branch in c. Scale bar, 10 cm. c, Close-up of a distal branch showing speckled texture and lateral appendages. Scale bar, 20 mm. figure 1 from: William E. Stein1, Frank Mannolini2, Linda VanAller Hernick2, Ed Landing2 & Christopher M. Berry3, ''Giant cladoxylopsid trees resolve the enigma of the Earth's earliest forest stumps at Gilboa'', Nature 446, 904-907 (19 April 2007) http://www.nature.com/nature/jour nal/v446/n7138/full/nature05705.html CO PYRIGHTED source: http://www.nature.com/nature/jou rnal/v446/n7138/images/nature05705-f1.2. jpg [2] a, Composite image of large trunk specimen, a cast with upper and lower counterparts, NYSM 17040. Arrows at the distal end (top) correspond to the region in Fig. 3a; arrows at the proximal end (bottom) correspond to the region in Fig. 3b. b, Line drawing showing the architecture of Wattieza attached to Eospermatopteris. The length of the trunk is not firmly established, so the minimum tree height is shown. Light branches right, also in Fig. 1a right, appear in life position but are not definitively attached. Scale bar, 1 m for both panels. figure 2 from: William E. Stein1, Frank Mannolini2, Linda VanAller Hernick2, Ed Landing2 & Christopher M. Berry3, ''Giant cladoxylopsid trees resolve the enigma of the Earth's earliest forest stumps at Gilboa'', Nature 446, 904-907 (19 April 2007) http://www.nature.com/nature/jour nal/v446/n7138/full/nature05705.html CO PYRIGHTED source: http://www.nature.com/nature/jou rnal/v446/n7138/images/nature05705-f2.2. jpg |
385,000,000 YBN | 411) The first flying animal, an arthropod insect, the ancestor of all winged insects (Pterygota {TARiGOTu}). The earliest extant winged insects are the Ephemeroptera {eFeMeroPTRo}: Mayflies, and the Odonata {ODenoDo}: Dragonflies and Damselflies. Insect wings evolve only once, and all winged insects descend from the first winged insect. The development of wings may have helped early insects to escape predators and to move over larger distances to find new habitats. | earliest fossils: (Wamsutta Formation) southeastern Massachusetts and Upper Silesian Basin, Czech Republic |
[1] English: A female subimago of March Brown (Rhithrogena germanica) of family Heptageniidae. Mayflies are insects which belong to the Order Ephemeroptera (from the Greek ephemeros, short-lived and pteron, wing, referring to the short life span of adults). They have been placed into an ancient group of insects termed the Paleoptera, which also contains the dragonflies and damselflies. They are aquatic insects whose immature stage (called naiad or, colloquially, nymph) usually lasts one year in fresh water. The rests on Rough Horsetail or Scouringrush Horsetail (Equisetum hyemale) Date 8 January 2008 Source Own work Author Richard Bartz, Munich aka Makro Freak Image:MFB.jpg CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/4/49/Rhithrogena_germanica _subimago_on_Equisetum_hyemale.jpg [2] FIGURE 2—Preliminary hypothesis of phylogenetic relationships among major and interesting groups of living and extinct hexapods and basal pterygote Insecta. Numbers refer to synapomorphies (see Table 1); empty boxes are homoplasious synapomorphies. Some significant fossils are-CSCO-3h--F3.large denoted by circled letters (see Table 2), but many fossils are not listed for most groups. Thick lines indicate the approximate chronology of lineages. The number of lineages depicted for paraphyletic lineages (‘‘Protodonata,’’‘‘Protortho ptera,’’ Blattaria [Blattoptera]) are arbitrary, and simply indicate multiple, unresolved lineages. The names of orders with freshwater aquatic larvae are shaded (a presumed ancestral habit). Relationships are based on Kristensen (1975, 1991, 1999), Willmann (1997, 1999), Grimaldi (1997, for Dictyoptera), Engel and Grimaldi (2000, Zoraptera and related orders), and others. Figure 2 from: Grimaldi, D. 2001. Insect evolutionary history from Handlirsch to Hennig, and beyond. Journal of Paleontology 75:1152-1160. http://jpaleontol.geoscie nceworld.org/content/75/6/1152 AND www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000 _/Grimaldi_2001_insect_evolution_history .pdf COPYRIGHTED source: www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2 000_/Grimaldi_2001_insect_evolution_hist ory.pdf |
375,000,000 YBN | 380) The first tetrapods (Vertebrates with four feet) evolve in fresh water. These are the first vertebrate limbs (arms and legs) and fingers. This is also the first amphibian, the ancestor of caecillians, frogs, toads, and salamanders. | Fresh water, Greenland (on the equator) |
[1] Timeline of phylogeny of animals, figure 6 from: S. Blair Hedges, ''The origin and evolution of model organisms'', Nature Reviews Genetics 3, 838-849 (November 2002) http://www.nature.com/nrg/journal /v3/n11/full/nrg929.html {Hedges_2002.p df} a) The relationships and divergence times (millions of years ago (Mya) plusminus one standard error) of selected model animals are shown, based on recent multigene and multiprotein studies51, 61, 84. The fossil divergence time of birds and mammals (310 Mya) was used to calibrate the molecular clock. Branch lengths are not proportional to time. b ) The relationships and numbers of living species, from a diversity of sources in most of the main groups. COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.nature.com/nrg/journa l/v3/n11/images/nrg929-f6.jpg [2] Reconstructions of (a) Acanthostega and (b) Ichthyostega, from Benton, 1997. COPYRIGHTED source: http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/Pal aeofiles/Fossilgroups/Amphibia/amphibpic s/ichthyostega.jpg |
367,000,000 YBN | 408) The late Devonian mass extinction caused by an ice age. |
[1] Description English: Antarctica: The blue ice covering Lake Fryxell, in the Transantarctic Mountains, comes from glacial meltwater from the Canada Glacier and other smaller glaciers. The freshwater stays on top of the lake and freezes, sealing in briny water below. http://photolibrary.usap.gov/Por tscripts/PortWeb.dll?query&field1=Filena me&op1=matches&value=LakeFryxell.jpg&cat alog=Antarctica&template=ShowMidThumbs Français : Antarctique: La glace bleue couvrant le Lac Fryxell, dans la Chaîne Transantarctique, vient des eaux de fonte du Glacier Canada et d'autres glaciers plus petits. L'eau fraîche se trouve au sommet du lac et gèle, scellant une eau saumâtre située en-dessous. Date 10 December 2002 Source From Antarctic Photo Library: LAKEFRYXELL.JPG Author Joe Mastroianni, National Science Foundation PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Fryxellsee_Opt. jpg/1280px-Fryxellsee_Opt.jpg [2] Description Deutsch: Der Vulkan Mount Erebus, Antarktika. English: Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica. Español: Monte Erebus, Isla Ross,Antártida Français : Le mont Erebus, île de Ross, Antarctique. Türkçe: Erebus Dağı, Antarktika Русский: Вулкан Эребус, Антарктида Date 1972 Source U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Author Richard Waitt, U.S. Geological Survey Permission (Reusing this file) PD-US Other versions Image:Mt Erebus (original).jpg PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/4/4e/Mt_erebus.jpg | |
363,000,000 YBN | 379) The first vertebrates live on land (an amphibian). | Fresh water, Greenland (on the equator) |
[1] Yes, it's time for the Palaeozoic scenes of Life before Man. Or some of them, anyway - if you really want to see a load of trilobites, you're probably Richard Fortey, and I will ignore any comments that claim otherwise. (Also, I can't include everything - otherwise we'd have to rename this blog Love in the Time of Burian, which sounds a bit rubbish.) My bias is most definitely towards vertebrates and, in particular, tetrapods, and the below scene - featuring Ichthyostega - marks their first appearance in the book. This painting is perhaps unique in this book as it combines the elements of the animal-free landscapes with, well, some animals. Burian's skill is in making this scene, filled as it is with flora so utterly different to what we are accustomed to seeing today, look as if he just took a casual stroll out into the country to paint it. UNKNOWN source: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Zdvegv 1Fny4/UCk-Z929irI/AAAAAAAABM8/_7c21BO7T1 s/s1600/Ichthyostega.jpg [2] Timeline of phylogeny of animals, figure 6 from: S. Blair Hedges, ''The origin and evolution of model organisms'', Nature Reviews Genetics 3, 838-849 (November 2002) http://www.nature.com/nrg/journal /v3/n11/full/nrg929.html {Hedges_2002.p df} a) The relationships and divergence times (millions of years ago (Mya) plusminus one standard error) of selected model animals are shown, based on recent multigene and multiprotein studies51, 61, 84. The fossil divergence time of birds and mammals (310 Mya) was used to calibrate the molecular clock. Branch lengths are not proportional to time. b ) The relationships and numbers of living species, from a diversity of sources in most of the main groups. COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.nature.com/nrg/journa l/v3/n11/images/nrg929-f6.jpg |
360,000,000 YBN | 226) The second largest Fungi phylum, "Basidiomycota" {Bo-SiDEO-mI-KO-Tu} evolves (the ancestor of many mushrooms: button, chanterelle {saNTRreL}, cremini {KremENE}, enoki {inoKE}, fly agaric {uGaRiK}, oyster, porcino {PORCEnO }, portabella, psilocybe, puffball, shiitake {sEToKE}, woodear, rusts, and club fungi). | earliest fossils: Indiana |
[1] Amanita muscaria (Homobasidiomycetes) source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Agaricales.jpg [2] Basidiomycete Life Cycle tjv source: http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/ima ges/332/Basidiomycota/General_basidio/Ba sidiomycete_Life_Cycle_tjv.php?highres=t rue |
360,000,000 YBN | 6353) The Neoptera, folding wing insects evolve. A mechanism to fold the wings against the body after landing has a selective advantage by making the wings less conspicuous, awkward, and susceptible to breakage. All "higher" orders of insects evolve from the neoptera. | earliest fossils: (Archimylacris eggintoni, Coseley Lagerstätte) Staffordshire, UK |
[1] Stonefly in the genus Dinotoperla. Taken in Swifts Creek, Victoria in November 2007 GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/e/e6/Stonefly_-_dinotoperl a.jpg [2] Nymph of unidentified stonefly Description Deutsch: Steinfliegenlarve Date 16 June 2006 Source Own work Author böhringer friedrich CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/SteinfliegenLar ve2.JPG/1280px-SteinfliegenLarve2.JPG |
359,200,000 YBN | 124) The end of the Devonian (416-359.2 mybn), and start of the Carboniferous (359.2-299 mybn) Period. |
[1] Geologic Time Scale 2009 UNKNOWN source: http://www.geosociety.org/scienc e/timescale/timescl.pdf [2] 370 Ma Middle Devonian UNKNOWN source: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/370 _Devonian_2globes.jpg | |
359,000,000 YBN | 243) The first plant seed evolves; the ancestor of all seed plants. The earliest fossil seed is from a seed fern (Pteridosperm {TARiDOSPRM}). Fossils indicate that the first seed evolves from an enclosing ring of vegetative lobes that fuse together. | earliest fossils: Scotland |
[1] Henry N. Andrews, ''Early Seed Plants'', Science, New Series, Vol. 142, No. 3594 (Nov. 15, 1963), pp. 925-931. http://www.jstor.org/stable/17 11577 COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1711 577 [2] Fig. 2. Chronogram showing estimates of phylogenetic relationships and divergence times among the major groups of extant land plants. The estimate of relationships is synthesized from the following papers in this issue: Burleigh and Mathews (2004) , Pryer et al. (2004) , Shaw and Renzaglia (2004) , and Soltis and Soltis (2004) . Divergence time estimates are mostly based on analyses of molecular data with fossil constraints (Wikström et al., 2001 ; Pryer et al., 2004 ) and are augmented by fossil evidence (Kenrick and Crane, 1997 ; Wellman et al., 2003 ). Estimates of the number of species in each group are from Judd et al. (2002) and W. S. Judd (personal communication). Groups covered by a particular article in this special issue are circled and connected to the names of the article's authors. ''Other conifers'' refers to the clade consisting of all conifers except for Pinaceae (see Burleigh and Mathews, 2004 ). ''Lepto. ferns'' refers to leptosporangiate ferns fig 2 from: Jeffrey D. Palmer, Douglas E. Soltis and Mark W. Chase, ''The plant tree of life: an overview and some points of view'', American Journal of Botany. 2004;91:1437-1445., (2004). http://www.amjbot.org/content/91/10/14 37.full {Chase_Mark_2004.pdf} COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.amjbot.org/content/91 /10/1437/F2.large.jpg |
355,000,000 YBN | 6410) Hearing in Amphibians adapts to sounds transmitted through the air. This is the beginning of vertebrates making vocal sounds. |
[1] Figure 6.2 from: Peter M. Narins, Albert S. Feng, Richard R. Fay and Arthur N. Popper, ''Hearing and Sound Communication in Amphibians'', Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, Volume 28, 2006, DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-47796-1 http://www.sp ringerlink.com/content/l637813537l70704/ COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.springerlink.com/cont ent/l637813537l70704/ [2] Description Eocaecilia micropodia, an early caecilian from the Lower Jurassic of Arizona, pencil drawing Date 22 August 2007 Source Own work Author Nobu Tamura email:nobu.tamura@yahoo.com www.palaeocritti.com Permission (Reusi ng this file) See below. GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/2/27/Eocaecilia_BW.jpg | |
350,000,000 YBN | 361) The Ray-finned fishes, Sturgeons and Paddlefish evolve. |
[1] Adapted from: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p339. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p339. [2] Adapted from: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p339. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p339. | |
350,000,000 YBN | 6355) The Neoptera: Dictyoptera {DiKTEoPTRu} evolve (the ancestor of Cockroaches, Termites, and Mantises). |
[1] Description English: Juvenile, Madagascar hissing cockroach at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Taken 9/23/2007. Date 25 September 2007 (original upload date) Source Transferred from en.wikipedia; transferred to Commons by User:Sreejithk2000 using CommonsHelper. Author Original uploader was Almabes at en.wikipedia Permission (Reusing this file) Released into the public domain (by the author). Other versions Derivative works of this file: Female Madagascar hissing cockroach2.jpg PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/4/46/Female_Madagascar_his sing_cockroach.JPG [2] Figure 4.11. German Cockroaches, Various Stages and Ages PD source: http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/publicat ions/books/housing/Graphics/chapter_04/F igure4.11.jpg | |
340,000,000 YBN | 384) The first hard-shell egg. The Tetrapods Amniota {aMnEOtu} evolve; the ancestor of all reptiles, mammals and birds and the first hard-shell egg. The hard-shell egg is waterproof. This is the start of vertebrate internal fertilization, because on land the egg cannot be fertilized as most fishes and amphibians do, by a male swimming near the eggs and spraying them with sperm. Amniote males and females must copulate {KoPYelAT} so that the sperm can reach the eggs inside the female. All living amniotes lay hard-shelled eggs, except most mammals and some snakes and lizards, where egg laying has been replaced by live birth. The egg shell of amniotes may be flexible (like the eggs of many lizards) or mineralized and hard (like the eggs of birds). | earliest fossils: Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland |
[1] Figure 2 from: [t Note that this egg is only of Permian age: 299-251 mybn] Karl F. Hirsch, ''The Oldest Vertebrate Egg?'', Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 53, No. 5 (Sep., 1979), pp. 1068-1084. http://www.jstor.org/stable/ 1304086 COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1304 086 [2] Prothero, ''Bringing Fossils To Life'', 2004. COPYRIGHTED source: Prothero, "Bringing Fossils To Life", 2004. COPYRIGHTED |
335,000,000 YBN | 6331) The Amniota divide into the Sauropsida {SOR-roP-SiDu} and the Synapsida {Si-naP-Si-Du}. The Sauropsids have two major lineages: the Parareptilia (turtles) and the Eureptilia (dinosaurs, crocodiles and birds). The Synapsids also have two major lineages: the pelycosaurs (which are sail-backed amniotes) and the therapsids (which are mammal-like amniotes). | earliest possible Synapsid fossils: (Cumberland group, Joggins formation) Joggins, Nova Scotia, Canada |
[1] Prothero, ''Evolution What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters'', 2007, p232. COPYRIGHTED source: Prothero, "Evolution What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters", 2007, p232. [2] Prothero, ''Bringing Fossils To Life'', 2004. COPYRIGHTED source: Prothero, "Bringing Fossils To Life", 2004. COPYRIGHTED |
330,000,000 YBN | 6307) The Synapsids Pelycosauria {PeLiKuSOREu} evolve (the ancestor of Edaphosaurus {eDaFoSORuS} and Dimetrodon). |
[1] Description This just might be a depiction of Edaphosaurus pogonias, to make a guess from the title. If you know more about this image, please place a good description here. Date 2007-04-30 (original upload date) Source Originally from ru.wikipedia; description page is/was here. Author Original uploader was ДиБгд at ru.wikipedia Permission (Reusing this file) This image is in the public domain; PD-ART. PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/7/7d/Edaphosaurus_pogonias .jpg [2] Kardong, ''Vertebrates'', 2002. COPYRIGHTED source: Kardong, "Vertebrates", 2002. COPYRIGHTED | |
325,000,000 YBN | 381) The earliest extant Amphibians: Caecilians evolve. |
[1] Description Eocaecilia micropodia, an early caecilian from the Lower Jurassic of Arizona, pencil drawing Date 22 August 2007 Source Own work Author Nobu Tamura email:nobu.tamura@yahoo.com www.palaeocritti.com Permission (Reusi ng this file) See below. GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/2/27/Eocaecilia_BW.jpg [2] Figure 1 from: Roelants, K., Gower, D. J., Wilkinson, M., Loader, S. P., Biju, S. D., Guillaume, K., Moriau, L., & Bossuyt, F. (2007). Global patterns of diversification in the history of modern amphibians. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 104 (3), 887-892. URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.060837810 4 COPYRIGHTED source: http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0 608378104 | |
320,000,000 YBN | 238) The seed plants: Gymnosperms evolve. Gymnosperms are the most primitive extant seed plants, and ancestor of all Cycads, Ginkgos and the Conifers). The most primitive extant Gymnosperms, the Cycads evolve now. Gymnosperm is Greek for "Naked Seed". A gymnosperm reproduces by a seed that is in direct contact with the environment, as opposed to an angiosperm whose seeds are enclosed by fruits. |
[1] Fig. 2. Chronogram showing estimates of phylogenetic relationships and divergence times among the major groups of extant land plants. The estimate of relationships is synthesized from the following papers in this issue: Burleigh and Mathews (2004) , Pryer et al. (2004) , Shaw and Renzaglia (2004) , and Soltis and Soltis (2004) . Divergence time estimates are mostly based on analyses of molecular data with fossil constraints (Wikström et al., 2001 ; Pryer et al., 2004 ) and are augmented by fossil evidence (Kenrick and Crane, 1997 ; Wellman et al., 2003 ). Estimates of the number of species in each group are from Judd et al. (2002) and W. S. Judd (personal communication). Groups covered by a particular article in this special issue are circled and connected to the names of the article's authors. ''Other conifers'' refers to the clade consisting of all conifers except for Pinaceae (see Burleigh and Mathews, 2004 ). ''Lepto. ferns'' refers to leptosporangiate ferns fig 2 from: Jeffrey D. Palmer, Douglas E. Soltis and Mark W. Chase, ''The plant tree of life: an overview and some points of view'', American Journal of Botany. 2004;91:1437-1445., (2004). http://www.amjbot.org/content/91/10/14 37.full {Chase_Mark_2004.pdf} COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.amjbot.org/content/91 /10/1437/F2.large.jpg [2] Fig. 2. Chronogram showing estimates of phylogenetic relationships and divergence times among the major groups of extant land plants. The estimate of relationships is synthesized from the following papers in this issue: Burleigh and Mathews (2004) , Pryer et al. (2004) , Shaw and Renzaglia (2004) , and Soltis and Soltis (2004) . Divergence time estimates are mostly based on analyses of molecular data with fossil constraints (Wikström et al., 2001 ; Pryer et al., 2004 ) and are augmented by fossil evidence (Kenrick and Crane, 1997 ; Wellman et al., 2003 ). Estimates of the number of species in each group are from Judd et al. (2002) and W. S. Judd (personal communication). Groups covered by a particular article in this special issue are circled and connected to the names of the article's authors. ''Other conifers'' refers to the clade consisting of all conifers except for Pinaceae (see Burleigh and Mathews, 2004 ). ''Lepto. ferns'' refers to leptosporangiate ferns fig 2 from: Jeffrey D. Palmer, Douglas E. Soltis and Mark W. Chase, ''The plant tree of life: an overview and some points of view'', American Journal of Botany. 2004;91:1437-1445., (2004). http://www.amjbot.org/content/91/10/14 37.full {Chase_Mark_2004.pdf} COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.amjbot.org/content/91 /10/1437/F2.large.jpg | |
320,000,000 YBN | 6356) The Neoptera: Orthoptera evolve (the ancestor of crickets, grasshoppers, locusts, and walking sticks). |
[1] African Field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus at Bristol Zoo, Bristol, England. Photographed by Adrian Pingstone in February 2005 and released to the public domain. PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/2/27/African.field.c ricket.arp.jpg/1200px-African.field.cric ket.arp.jpg [2] Description grasshopper Source self made Date unknown Author Stephen Friedt PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/en/thumb/3/3c/Grasshopper_%2827%29 .JPG/1280px-Grasshopper_%2827%29.JPG | |
317,000,000 YBN | 385) The Sauropsids Reptilia {reP-TiL-E-u} evolve, the Reptiles; the ancestor of all turtles, crocodiles, pterosaurs, dinosaurs and birds. Reptiles are a group of air-breathing amniotes with internal fertilization and scales covering part or all of their body. All reptiles are cold-blooded, except for birds, and possibly some or all pterosaurs and dinosaurs. | earliest fossils: (Joggins Formation) Nova Scotia, Canada |
[1] from: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p262. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p262. [2] Description English: Reptilia (reptiles), based on: File:Buberel cayman 3.jpg File:Crotalus adamanteus (5).jpg File:Karettschildkroete 01.jpg File:Henry at Invercargill.jpg All of them are either under a free licence already in Wikicommons or in the public domain Date 3/2/09 Source Compilation made by myself Author see respective profiles of photos PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/6/67/Reptiles.jpg |
314,000,000 YBN | 240) The Gymnosperms Pinophyta {PInoFiTu} evolve (the ancestor of the Conifers: includes Pine, Fir, Spruce, Redwood, Cedar, Juniper, Hemlock, Larch, Yew, and Cypress.). | earliest fossils: Wakefield, Yorkshire, England |
[1] Closeup shot of a stem of needles (perhaps Norway spruce?) by USFWS and obtained from the GIMP photo library. United States Federal Government This work is in the public domain because it is a work of the United States Federal Government. This applies worldwide. See Copyright Close-up of pinophyte leaves (needles): Norway Spruce (Picea abies) source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin ophyta [2] Native Pinus sylvestris forest, Scotland: Deeside, Mar Lodge, April 2005 GNU 1.2 source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin aceae |
310,000,000 YBN | 6357) The Neoptera: Paraneoptera evolve (the ancestor of bark lice, true lice, thrips, and the Hemiptera {HemiPTRu}. The Hemiptera have mouthparts adapted for piercing and sucking and include: Cicadas, Aphids, and "true bugs": such as Bed bugs, and Stink bugs). |
[1] Description Tibicen linnei English: Annual cicada. Date 22 June 2003 Source Own work http://www.cirrusimage.com/homoptera_cic ada_T_linnei.htm Author Bruce Marlin CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Tibicen_linnei. jpg/1142px-Tibicen_linnei.jpg [2] Description English: Pea aphids extracting sap from the stem and leaves of garden peas. Date February 2010 Source PLoS Biology, February 2010 direct link to the image description Author Shipher Wu (photograph) and Gee-way Lin (aphid provision), National Taiwan University CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/2/20/Acyrthosiphon_pisum_% 28pea_aphid%29-PLoS.jpg | |
310,000,000 YBN | 6359) The Neoptera Holometabola {HoLomeTaBolu or HOlOmeTABolu} evolve: Holometabolous insects: (insects that undergo complete metamorphosis, the ancestor of beetles, bees, true flies, and butterflies). The holometabolous insects account for nearly 85% of all insects. The Holometabola are insects that have complete metamorphosis (or holometabolous development). Unlike hemimetabolous insects in which the immature structures (legs, eyes, antennae, etc.) must also serve the adults, holometabolous insects have a morphologically reduced larval stage and acquire a completely new body during the pupal stage. |
[1] Description wespenpoppen in verschillende ontwikkelstadia Eigen foto's Date 2005-06-13 (original upload date) Source Originally from nl.wikipedia; description page is/was here. Author Original uploader was Asaf at nl.wikipedia Permission (Reusing this file) SELF2 GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/7/79/Ontwikkelstadia_wespe npoppen.jpg [2] Miomoptera- viewed by many as stem-group Holometabola. UNKNOWN source: http://wdict.net/img/miomoptera, 2.jpg | |
305,000,000 YBN | 242) The Amphibians: Anura {unRu} evolve (the ancestor of all Frogs and Toads). |
[1] Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), 303. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), 303. [2] Description English: A green frog on a palm frond. Date 18 October 2003 Source Burning Well Author Leon Brooks PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/8/8d/Frog_on_palm_frond.jp g | |
300,000,000 YBN | 1310) The Stramenopiles Chrysophyta {KriSoFiTu} evolve (Golden algae). |
[1] Description Dinobryon sp. / from Shishitsuka Pond, Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Pref., Japan / Microscope:Leica DMRD (DIC) Date 20 May 2007 Source Own work Author ja:User:NEON / commons:User:NEON_ja CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/6/68/Dinobryon_sp.jpg [2] Dinobryon, a colony of Chrysophytes showing flagella and red eyespots UNKNOWN source: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/ mag//imagsmall/Dinobryonb.jpg | |
299,000,000 YBN | 125) The end of the Carboniferous (359.2-299 mybn), and start of the Permian (299-251 mybn) Period. |
[1] Geologic Time Scale 2009 UNKNOWN source: http://www.geosociety.org/scienc e/timescale/timescl.pdf [2] 300 Ma Late Pennsylvanian UNKNOWN source: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/300 _Penn_2globes.jpg | |
299,000,000 YBN | 6360) The Holometabola: Coleoptera {KOlEoPTRu} evolve (the ancestor of the Beetles). | earliest fossils: (Pennsylvanian deposit) Mazon Creek, Illinois, USA |
[1] Figure 1. 1–7, Adiphlebia lacoana Scudder, 1885. 1, 2, holotype specimen (USNM 38143), reconstruction of the wing venation (1), and photograph (negative imprint, light-mirrored, composite; 2); 3, specimen USNM 38140, photograph (negative imprint, light-mirrored, composite); 4,5, specimen FMNH PE 3416, reconstruction of the wing venation (forewings separated; 4) and photograph (negative imprint, composite; 5); 6, 7, specimen FMNH PE 60291, reconstruction of the wing venation (6) and photograph (positive imprint; 7); 8, 9, details of forewing main and intercalary veins (black and white arrows, respectively) in Adiphlabia lacoana (specimen FMNH PE 3416, right forewing; 8) and Tetraphalerus bruchi Heller, 1913 (♀, ventral view; 9). Abbreviations: LFW, left forewing; RFW, right forewing; ScP, posterior Subcosta; R, Radius; RA, anterior Radius; RP, posterior Radius; M, Media; CuA, anterior Cubitus; CuP, posterior Cubitus; AA: anterior anal vein. Color-coding: Subcosta, yellow; Radius, blue; Media, red; Cubitus, green; Analis, yellow. from Béthoux, Olivier. “The Earliest Beetle Identified.” Journal of Paleontology 83.6 (2009): 931–937. http://www.bioone.org/doi/ab s/10.1666/08-158.1 COPYRIGHTED source: http://jpaleontol.geoscienceworl d.org/content/vol83/issue6/images/large/ i0022-3360-83-6-931-f01.jpeg [2] {ULSF: Early Permian fossil beetles see {Kukalová (1969), in particular pl. 1; Ponomarenko (1969), in particular figs. 16, 31, 32, 36, 40 41, 43, 44} and representatives of the beetle sub-order Archostemata, represented nowadays, exhibit intercalary veins (Fig. 1.9) similar to those exhibited by A. lacoana} Archostemata is the smallest suborder of beetles, consisting of fewer than fifty known species organized into five families. Archostemata is an ancient lineage with a number of primitive characteristics. They are similar in morphology to the first beetles, which appear in the fossil record approximately 250 million years ag Description Tenomerga mucida (Chevrolat, 1829) (Coleoptera: Cupedidae) - female. Loc: Yokohama, kanagawa, japan. ja: ナガヒラタムシ(鞘翅目: ナガヒラタムシ科)のメス。 浜市内。産卵管をさかんに し入れし、朽木の割れ目に挿 し込もうとしていたことから 産卵に来ていたものと思わ る。 Date 13 July 2005 Source my own file Author me PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/6/68/Tenomerga_mucida01.jp g |
290,000,000 YBN | 239) The Gymnosperms: Ginkgos evolve. |
[1] * Description: Leaves of Ginkgo biloba. * Source: picure taken by Reinhard Kraasch in his own garden in August 2003 (from German wikipedia) * Licence: released per the GNU Free Documentation License by the photographer source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gin kgo [2] Name Ginkgo biloba Family Ginkgoaceae Image no. 1 Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber GNU Ginkgo fruit and leaves source: same | |
290,000,000 YBN | 6358) The Holometabola: Hymenoptera evolve (the ancestor of all bees, ants, and wasps). |
[1] {ULSF: Xyelidae saw flies are the most primitive of the hymenoptera} Hymenoptera, Xyelidae, dorsal - Macroxyela ferruginea - Female Ames - Tullamore, Story County, Iowa, USA April 30, 2008 Size: 11 mm It's a big one. (11 mm includes the ovipositor) Oak hickory maple basswood woodland malaise, April 23-30, 2008. Photo - still floating in alcohol. Copyright © 2008 MJ Hatfield COPYRIGHTED Fig. 2 Placement of fossil evidence for the earliest Holometabola within a phylogenetic context. Geologic time line at left is after Ogg, et al. (2008); note that the Mississippian is equivalent to the Early Carboniferous and Pennsylvanian equivalent to the Late Carboniferous. Earliest reliable occurrences of taxa (solid dots, followed by a thick black line) are after various sources mentioned in the text; major localities for the initial diversification of the Holometabola are: Elmo, Kansas, the “insect bed” of the Wellington Formation from the Artinskian Stage of the Early Permian; Calhoun, the Calhoun Coal Member of the Mattoon Formation, from the Kasimovian Stage of the Late Pennsylvanian; Mazon Creek of the Francis Creek Shale Member of the Carbondale Formation, from the Moscovian Stage of the Middle Pennsylvanian; and the Terril Shale at Pas-de-Calais, Bruay-la-Bussière, France, from the Bashkirian Stage of the Early Pennsylvanian. The horizontal stippled bar at bottom represents the initial diversification and the earliest fossil occurrences of holometabolan insects in the fossil record. Labandeira, Conrad C. “Evidence for an Earliest Late Carboniferous Divergence Time and the Early Larval Ecology and Diversification of Major Holometabola Lineages.” Entomologica Americana 117.1 & 2 (2011): 9–21. http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/1 0.1664/10-RA-011.1 COPYRIGHTED source: http://bugguide.net/images/raw/S H8RHHPR0H7RDZHZULYLULRZ2LLZTLSZBLQZKH4RH H7ZVL4RVL0ZALSZBLXZKH8RVLXZHHPRLHQRLH.jp g [2] Macroxyela ferruginea Trusted Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) © SusanneSchulmeister Source: Morphbank Image Repository COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.bioone.org/na101/home /literatum/publisher/bioone/journals/con tent/nynt.1/2011/19475144-117.1/10-ra-01 1.1/production/images/large/i1947-5144-1 17-1-9-f02.jpeg | |
287,000,000 YBN | 6308) The Synapsid Therapsids evolve (Cynodonts).[2 |
[1] Kardong, ''Vertebrates'', 2002. COPYRIGHTED source: Description English: Moschops capensis - Middle Permian of South Africa. Based on skeleton from AMNH. Русский: Moschops capensis - средняя пермь Южной Африки. Основано на скелете из Американского музея Естественной истории. Date 2008 Source dmitrchel@mail.ru Author Creator:Dmitry Bogdanov GNU [2] Kardong, ''Vertebrates'', 2002. COPYRIGHTED source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Moschops11DB.jp g/1024px-Moschops11DB.jpg | |
274,000,000 YBN | 307) The Stramenopiles: Phaeophyta {FEoFiTu} evolve (the ancestor of all Brown Algae, includes many seaweeds like the giant kelps). Note that brown algae are not plants but are protists. |
[1] Fig. 1. A consensus phylogeny of eukaryotes. The vast majority of characterized eukaryotes, with the notable exception of major subgroups of amoebae, can now be assigned to one of eight major groups. Opisthokonts (basal flagellum) have a single basal flagellum on reproductive cells and flat mitochondrial cristae (most eukaryotes have tubular ones). Eukaryotic photosynthesis originated in Plants; theirs are the only plastids with just two outer membranes. Heterokonts (different flagellae) have a unique flagellum decorated with hollow tripartite hairs (stramenopiles) and, usually, a second plain one. Cercozoans are amoebae with filose pseudopodia, often living with in tests (hard outer shells), some very elaborate (foraminiferans). Amoebozoa are mostly naked amoebae (lacking tests), often with lobose pseudopodia for at least part of their life cycle. Alveolates have systems of cortical alveoli directly beneath their plasma membranes. Discicristates have discoid mitochondrial cristae and, in some cases, a deep (excavated) ventral feeding groove. Amitochondrial excavates lack substantial molecular phylogenetic support, but most have an excavated ventral feeding groove, and all lack mitochondria. The tree shown is based on a consensus of molecular (1-4) and ultrastructural (16, 17) data and includes a rough indication of new ciPCR ''taxa'' (broken black lines) (7-11). An asterisk preceding the taxon name indicates probable paraphyletic group COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/co ntent/full/300/5626/1703 [2] Pacific Rockweed (Fucus distichus) in Olympic National Park Cropped from PhotoCD image, from Kodak ISO 800 film, taken by k.lee June 2004, hereby released under GFDL. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Pacific_rockweed%2C_Olympic_National_ Park%2C_USA.jpg | |
266,000,000 YBN | 308) The Stramenopiles: Diatoms evolve. |
[1] Fig. 1. A consensus phylogeny of eukaryotes. The vast majority of characterized eukaryotes, with the notable exception of major subgroups of amoebae, can now be assigned to one of eight major groups. Opisthokonts (basal flagellum) have a single basal flagellum on reproductive cells and flat mitochondrial cristae (most eukaryotes have tubular ones). Eukaryotic photosynthesis originated in Plants; theirs are the only plastids with just two outer membranes. Heterokonts (different flagellae) have a unique flagellum decorated with hollow tripartite hairs (stramenopiles) and, usually, a second plain one. Cercozoans are amoebae with filose pseudopodia, often living with in tests (hard outer shells), some very elaborate (foraminiferans). Amoebozoa are mostly naked amoebae (lacking tests), often with lobose pseudopodia for at least part of their life cycle. Alveolates have systems of cortical alveoli directly beneath their plasma membranes. Discicristates have discoid mitochondrial cristae and, in some cases, a deep (excavated) ventral feeding groove. Amitochondrial excavates lack substantial molecular phylogenetic support, but most have an excavated ventral feeding groove, and all lack mitochondria. The tree shown is based on a consensus of molecular (1-4) and ultrastructural (16, 17) data and includes a rough indication of new ciPCR ''taxa'' (broken black lines) (7-11). An asterisk preceding the taxon name indicates probable paraphyletic group COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/co ntent/full/300/5626/1703 [2] Figure 1. Phylogenetic hypothesis of the eukaryotic lineage based on ultrastructural and molecular data. Organisms are divided into three main groups distinguished by mitochondrial cristal shape (either discoidal, flattened or tubular). Unbroken lines indicate phylogenetic relationships that are firmly supported by available data; broken lines indicate uncertainties in phylogenetic placement, resolution of which will require additional data. Color coding of organismal genus names indicates mitochondrial genomes that have been completely (Table 1), almost completely (Jakoba, Naegleria and Thraustochytrium) or partially (*) sequenced by the OGMP (red), the FMGP (black) or other groups (green). Names in blue indicate those species whose mtDNAs are currently being sequenced by the OGMP or are future candidates for complete sequencing. Amitochondriate retortamonads are positioned at the base of the tree, with broken arrows denoting the endosymbiotic origin(s) of mitochondria from a Rickettsia-like eubacterium. Macrophar., Macropharyngomonas. COPYRIGHTED source: http://nar.oxfordjournals.org/cg i/content/full/26/4/865 | |
260,000,000 YBN | 232) The earliest endothermic (or "warm-blooded") and hair growing animal, a therapsid. Endothermy is the physiological maintenance, by a body, of a constant temperature independent of the external environmental temperature. Hair for insulation is correlated to endothermy. Both birds and mammals are endothermic (also called "warm blooded") as opposed to other vertebrates (like amphibians and crocodiles) which are ectothermic (or "cold blooded") and cannot internally generate heat. Endothermy allows birds and mammals to maintain a high and relatively constant body temperature, even at rest, during a wide range of external environmental conditions. |
[1] Description English: Life restoration of Purlovia maxima. Based on figures 8-10 of ''Permian and Triassic therocephals (Eutherapsida) of Eastern Europe'' by M. F. Ivakhnenko (Paleontological Journal 45 (9): 981-1144). Date 8 January 2012 Source Own work Author Smokeybjb CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/a/a5/Purlovia_maxima.jpg [2] Description Bauria , a therocephalian therapsid from the early Middle Triassic of South Africa, pencil drawing Date 20 February 2007 Source Own work Author Nobu Tamura email:nobu.tamura@yahoo.com www.palaeocritti.com GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/c/c0/Bauria_BW.jpg | |
256,000,000 YBN | 6362) The Holometabola: Diptera {DiPTRe} evolve, true flies, having a single pair of wings: the ancestor of the mosquito, gnat, fruit fly, and house fly). |
[1] Nymphomyia alba adult UNKNOWN source: http://whyevolutionistrue.files. wordpress.com/2011/03/nymphomyia-alba.jp g [2] Nymphomyia alba larva UNKNOWN source: http://whyevolutionistrue.files. wordpress.com/2011/03/nymphomyia.jpg | |
251,400,000 YBN | 102) The largest mass extinction of history, the End-Permian mass extinction. 82% of all genera are observed extinct. |
[1] Description English: Description: Illustration of an en:impact event. Source Made by Fredrik. Cloud texture from public domain NASA image. PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/c/cb/Impact_event.jpg [2] Timeline of mass extinctions. COPYRIGHTED Benjamin Cummings. COPYRIGHTED source: http://io.uwinnipeg.ca/~simmons/ 16cm05/1116/16macro.htm | |
251,000,000 YBN | 54) The end of the Paleozoic and start of the Mesozoic Era, and the end of the Permian (299-251 mybn) and start of the Triassic (251-201.6 mybn) period. |
[1] Geologic Time Scale 2009 UNKNOWN source: http://www.geosociety.org/scienc e/timescale/timescl.pdf [2] 260 Ma Late Permian UNKNOWN source: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/260 _Permian_2globes.jpg | |
251,000,000 YBN | 452) The supercontinent Pangea (PaNJEe) forms. |
[1] 260 Ma Late Permian UNKNOWN source: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/260 _Permian_2globes.jpg [2] In geologic terms, a plate is a large, rigid slab of solid rock. The word tectonics comes from the Greek root ''to build.'' Putting these two words together, we get the term plate tectonics, which refers to how the Earth's surface is built of plates. The theory of plate tectonics states that the Earth's outermost layer is fragmented into a dozen or more large and small plates that are moving relative to one another as they ride atop hotter, more mobile material. Before the advent of plate tectonics, however, some people already believed that the present-day continents were the fragmented pieces of preexisting larger landmasses (''supercontinents''). The diagrams below show the break-up of the supercontinent Pangaea (meaning ''all lands'' in Greek), which figured prominently in the theory of continental drift -- the forerunner to the theory of plate tectonics. PD source: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic /graphics/Fig2-5globes.gif | |
235,000,000 YBN | 304) The Protist Phlyum "Haptophyta" {HaPTuFITu} evolves, the Coccolithophores {KoK-o-lit-u-FORZ}. |
[1] Fig. 1. A consensus phylogeny of eukaryotes. The vast majority of characterized eukaryotes, with the notable exception of major subgroups of amoebae, can now be assigned to one of eight major groups. Opisthokonts (basal flagellum) have a single basal flagellum on reproductive cells and flat mitochondrial cristae (most eukaryotes have tubular ones). Eukaryotic photosynthesis originated in Plants; theirs are the only plastids with just two outer membranes. Heterokonts (different flagellae) have a unique flagellum decorated with hollow tripartite hairs (stramenopiles) and, usually, a second plain one. Cercozoans are amoebae with filose pseudopodia, often living with in tests (hard outer shells), some very elaborate (foraminiferans). Amoebozoa are mostly naked amoebae (lacking tests), often with lobose pseudopodia for at least part of their life cycle. Alveolates have systems of cortical alveoli directly beneath their plasma membranes. Discicristates have discoid mitochondrial cristae and, in some cases, a deep (excavated) ventral feeding groove. Amitochondrial excavates lack substantial molecular phylogenetic support, but most have an excavated ventral feeding groove, and all lack mitochondria. The tree shown is based on a consensus of molecular (1-4) and ultrastructural (16, 17) data and includes a rough indication of new ciPCR ''taxa'' (broken black lines) (7-11). An asterisk preceding the taxon name indicates probable paraphyletic group source: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/co ntent/full/300/5626/1703 [2] Emiliania huxleyi, a coccolithophore. Photo courtesy Dr. Markus Geisen - photographer, and The Natural History Museum. PD source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Emiliania_huxleyi_3.jpg | |
228,000,000 YBN | 412) The Reptiles: Dinosaurs evolve. | earliest fossils: (Ischigualasto Formation) Valley of the Moon, Ischigualasto Provinvial Park, northwestern Argestina |
[1] Figure 2 from: Sereno, Paul C. et al. “Primitive dinosaur skeleton from Argentina and the early evolution of Dinosauria.” Nature 361.6407 (1993) : 64-66. http://www.nature.com/nature/jou rnal/v361/n6407/abs/361064a0.html COPYR IGHTED source: http://www.nature.com/nature/jou rnal/v361/n6407/abs/361064a0.html [2] Eoraptor was a genus of small, slender theropod native to northwest Argentina. It was quite possibly the earliest theropod genus and has not been classified in any family. UNKNOWN source: http://images.wikia.com/deadtime s/images/a/a2/Eoraptor.jpg |
228,000,000 YBN | 6282) Dinosaurs divide into two major lines: the Ornithischians {ORnitiSKEiNZ} (Bird-hipped dinosaurs) and the Saurischians {SoriSKEiNZ} (Lizard-hipped dinosaurs). |
[1] Harold Levine, ''The Earth Through Time'', 2006, p417. COPYRIGHTED source: Harold Levine, "The Earth Through Time", 2006, p417. [2] Harold Levine, ''The Earth Through Time'', 2006, p418. COPYRIGHTED source: Harold Levine, "The Earth Through Time", 2006, p418. | |
228,000,000 YBN | 6283) The Saurischian {SoriSKEiN} Dinosaurs split into two major lines: The Sauropodomorpha (SoroPiDimORFu} and the Therapoda {tiRoPiDu}. The Sauropodomorphs are divided into prosauropods and sauropods, are mostly plant-eating, and include the large, long-necked dinosaurs like Apatosaurus. The Theropod {tERePoD} dinosaurs are bipedal and carnivorous and include Allosaurus, Tyrannosaurus, and Velociraptor. All birds descend from a Therapod ancestor. | earliest fossils: (Ischigualasto Formation) Valley of the Moon, Ischigualasto Provinvial Park, northwestern Argestina |
[1] Fig 3.38 from Kardong, ''Vertebrates'', p116, 2002. COPYRIGHTED source: Kardong, "Vertebrates", p116, 2002. [2] Figure 2 from: Sereno, Paul C. et al. “Primitive dinosaur skeleton from Argentina and the early evolution of Dinosauria.” Nature 361.6407 (1993) : 64-66. http://www.nature.com/nature/jou rnal/v361/n6407/abs/361064a0.html COPYR IGHTED source: http://www.nature.com/nature/jou rnal/v361/n6407/abs/361064a0.html |
225,000,000 YBN | 126) The Synapsids Mammals evolve. The first mammary gland. | earliest fossils: (Dockum Formation) Kalgary, Crosby County, Texas, USA |
[1] Figure 6 from: Spencer G. Lucas and Zhexi Luo, ''Adelobasileus from the Upper Triassic of West Texas: The Oldest Mammal'', Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Vol. 13, No. 3 (Sep. 23, 1993), pp. 309-334 Published by: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. on behalf of The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4523514 COP YRIGHTED source: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4523 514 [2] [t Note that this image is not clearly from a scholarly source] Description English: Adelobasileus cromptoni, a mammaliaform from the Late Triassic of Texas. Digital. Date 9 September 2008 Source Own work Author Nobu Tamura email:nobu.tamura@yahoo.com www.palaeocritti.com Permission (Reusi ng this file) See below. GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/2/2f/Adelobasileus_BW.jpg |
225,000,000 YBN | 369) The Ray-Finned Fishes Teleost (TeLEoST) fishes evolve. Teleosts are a large group of fishes with bony skeletons, including most common fishes. |
[1] Fig. 2. The single most-parsimonious (MP) tree derived from unweighted analysis of mitogenomic data comprising concatenated nucleotide sequences from 12 protein-coding (excluding the ND6 gene and third codon positions) and 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes (stem regions only) from all 28 species examined. Tree length, 12,709 steps; consistency index, 0.355; retention index, 0.471; and rescaled consistency index, 0.167. Numbers above and below internal branches indicate jackknife values obtained for 500 replicates using the heuristic search option in PAUP*4.0b10 (Swofford, 2002) with 20 random-addition sequences being performed in each replication and decay indices, respectively. The scale indicates 100 changes. from: Inoue, JG, Miya, M, Tsukamoto, K, Nishida, M (2003) ''Basal actinopterygian relationships: A mitogenomic perspective on the phylogeny of the ldquoancient fish.rdquo'' Mol Phylogenet Evol 26: 110-120 http://www.sciencedirect.com/sc ience/article/pii/S1055790302003317 COP YRIGHTED source: http://www.sciencedirect.com/cac he/MiamiImageURL/B6WNH-475B9D7-6-1K/0?wc hp=dGLbVlz-zSkzk [2] Arapaima gigas at the Smithsonian Zoo. GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/b/b1/Arapaima_gigas.jpg | |
220,000,000 YBN | 387) The most primitive extant reptiles, the Testudines {TeSTUDinEZ} evolve: the ancestor of all Turtles, Tortoises and Terrapins. |
[1] Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), 262. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), 262. [2] English: Odontochelys semitestacea, from the Late Triassic of China, the oldest known turtle. Digital. 中文(简体): 半甲齿龟,已知最为古老的乌 ,于2007年在中国贵州境内发 。(三维模拟图) Date 4 December 2008 Source Own work Author Nobu Tamura email:nobu.tamura@yahoo.com www.palaeocritti.com GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/3/39/Odontochelys_BW.jpg | |
220,000,000 YBN | 389) The reptiles: Tuataras {TUeToRoZ} evolve. | (Islands of) New Zealand |
[1] Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p262. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p262. [2] A male tuatara named Henry, living at the Southland Museum and Art Gallery, is still reproductively active at 111 years of age. 111-Year-Old Reptile Becomes a Dad After Tumor Surgery Discover Magazine, 26 January 2009. Retrieved 20 March 2009. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc over_Magazine Description English: Henry, the world's oldest Tuatara in captivity at Invercargill, New Zealand Date 22 November 2007 Source Own work Author KeresH CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/9/96/Henry_at_Invercargill .jpg |
220,000,000 YBN | 428) The first flying vertebrate, the Reptiles Pterosaurs evolve. |
[1] Eudimorphon and Peteinosaurus from: Wellnhofer, ''Pterosaurs'', 1991, p60-61. COPYRIGHTED source: Wellnhofer, "Pterosaurs", 1991, p60-61. [2] Eudimorphon and Peteinosaurus from: Wellnhofer, ''Pterosaurs'', 1991, p60-61. COPYRIGHTED source: Wellnhofer, "Pterosaurs", 1991, p60-61. | |
210,000,000 YBN | 390) The Reptiles Iguania evolve: (the ancestor of iguanas, chameleons, and spiny lizards). |
[1] Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), 262. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), 262. [2] Description Iguana sp. Foto tomada en el Zoo de Madrid. Date Summer 2007 Source Own work Author Manuel de Corselas ARS SUMMUM, Centro para el Estudio y Difusión Libres de la Historia del Arte PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/5/57/AA_Iguana_Fot_Ars_Sum mum.JPG | |
210,000,000 YBN | 391) The Reptiles: Scleroglossa evolve (the ancestor of snakes, skinks, and geckos). |
[1] Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), 262. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), 262. [2] Description Deutsch: Versteinerung eines Archaeophis proavus Massalongo - aus Monte Bolca. Museum für Naturkunde (Berlin). English: Fossil of a Archaeophis proavus Massalongo, Monte Bolca. Museum für Naturkunde (Berlin). Date 22 July 2007 Source Own work Author Raymond - Raimond Spekking Permission (Reusing this file) See below. Attribution (required by the license) © Raimond Spekking / CC-BY-SA-3.0 CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/f/f1/Naturkundemuseum_Berl in_-_Archaeophis_proavus_Massalongo_-_Mo nte_Bolca.jpg | |
210,000,000 YBN | 6313) The earliest extant Teleosts: Bonytongues evolve. |
[1] Fig. 2. The single most-parsimonious (MP) tree derived from unweighted analysis of mitogenomic data comprising concatenated nucleotide sequences from 12 protein-coding (excluding the ND6 gene and third codon positions) and 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes (stem regions only) from all 28 species examined. Tree length, 12,709 steps; consistency index, 0.355; retention index, 0.471; and rescaled consistency index, 0.167. Numbers above and below internal branches indicate jackknife values obtained for 500 replicates using the heuristic search option in PAUP*4.0b10 (Swofford, 2002) with 20 random-addition sequences being performed in each replication and decay indices, respectively. The scale indicates 100 changes. from: Inoue, JG, Miya, M, Tsukamoto, K, Nishida, M (2003) ''Basal actinopterygian relationships: A mitogenomic perspective on the phylogeny of the ldquoancient fish.rdquo'' Mol Phylogenet Evol 26: 110-120 http://www.sciencedirect.com/sc ience/article/pii/S1055790302003317 COP YRIGHTED source: http://www.sciencedirect.com/cac he/MiamiImageURL/B6WNH-475B9D7-6-1K/0?wc hp=dGLbVlz-zSkzk [2] Arapaima gigas at the Smithsonian Zoo. GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/b/b1/Arapaima_gigas.jpg | |
201,600,000 YBN | 127) The End-Triassic mass extinction. 53% of all genera are observed extinct. Many terrestrial vertebrates and large amphibians go extinct. |
[1] A modified version of Image:Extinction Intensity.svg. Changes: Time runs from left to right Periods are coloured as per the Paris system - see w:Template:Period color for full explanation Text removed so wikilinks can be floated over. See w:Template:Annotated image/Extinction for implementation. Cubic polynomial removed as this doesn't convey any useful information and is mainly an artefact. The caption on the original file is: Marine Genus Biodiversity: Extinction Intensity GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/0/06/Extinction_intensity. svg [2] Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. May 1954 eruption of Kilauea Volcano. Halemaumau fountains. Photo by J.P. Eaton, May 31, 1954. Image file: /htmllib/batch37/batch37j/batch37z/batch 37/hvo00014.jpg PD source: http://libraryphoto.cr.usgs.gov/ htmllib/batch37/batch37j/batch37z/batch3 7/hvo00014.jpg | |
201,600,000 YBN | 228) The end of the Triassic (251-201.6 mybn), and start of the Jurassic (201.6-145.5 mybn) Period. |
[1] Description English: Global paleogeographic reconstruction of the Earth in the late Jurassic period 150 million years ago. Deutsch: Globale paläogeografische Rekonstruktion der Erde während des späten Jura vor 150 Millionen Jahren. Русский: Глобальная палеогеографическая реконструкция Земли в конце Юрского периода, 150 миллионов лет назад. Date 23 April 2008 Source http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/mollgl obe.html Author Dr. Ron Blakey - http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/ CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/7/76/LateJurassicGlobal.jp g [2] Geologic Time Scale 2009 UNKNOWN source: http://www.geosociety.org/scienc e/timescale/timescl.pdf | |
201,600,000 YBN | 6372) The Ornithischians Thyreophora {tIrEoFeru} evolve; the ancestor of the armored ankylosaurs {ANKilOSORZ} and the plated stegosaurs {STeGeSORZ}. | (Kayenta Formation) Arizona, USA |
[1] Description Scutellosaurus lawleri, an ornithischian from the Early Jurassic of North America, pencil drawing, digital coloring Date November 30, 2006, modified October 11, 2007 Source Own work Author Nobu Tamura (http://spinops.blogspot.com) GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/1/12/Scutellosaurus.jpg [2] Description Scutellosaurus Date Source Own Work by Pavel Riha (see also the paleo-gallery by Pavel Riha) Author Pavel Riha = user Pavel.Riha.CB GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/b/b0/Scutellosaurus1.jpg |
200,000,000 YBN | 370) The Teleosts: eels and tarpons evolve. |
[1] Adapted from: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p339. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p339. [2] Adapted from: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p339. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p339. | |
200,000,000 YBN | 392) The Reptiles: Crocodilia {KroKoDiLEu} evolve (the ancestor of Crocodiles, allegators, and caimans {KAmeNS}). |
[1] Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p262. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p262. [2] Nile crocodile, taken at the Le Bonheur Crocodile Farm near Stellenbosch, South Africa. CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/8/81/NileCrocodile.jpg | |
195,000,000 YBN | 246) The Saurischian {SoriSKEiN} Sauropods {SoRuPoDZ} evolve; the ancestor of the large, long-necked dinosaurs like Apatosaurus {uPaTuSORuS}, Brachiosaurus {BrAKEuSORuS}, and Diplodocus {DiPloDiKuS}. | western USA |
[1] [t may not be scholarly] Description Brachiosaurus altithorax Date 2007 Source Own work Author Богданов dmitrchel@mail.ru PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/d/d9/Brachiosaurus_DB.jpg [2] Description English: Bronze Brachiosaurus mount outside of the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL. Date 10/12/2009 Source Own work Author AStrangerintheAlps CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/4/4b/FMNH_Brachiosaurus.JP G |
195,000,000 YBN | 6373) The Ornithischian Ornithopoda {ORnitoPiDu} evolve; the duck-billed dinosaurs, ancestor of the Hadrosaurs. |
[1] Heterodontosaurus UNKNOWN source: http://www.wikidino.com/wp-conte nt/uploads/Heterodontosaurus-Jan-Sovak.j pg [2] Harold Levine, ''The Earth Through Time'', 2006, p417. COPYRIGHTED source: Harold Levine, "The Earth Through Time", 2006, p417. | |
190,000,000 YBN | 371) The Teleosts: herrings and anchovies evolve. |
[1] Adapted from: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p339. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p339. [2] Description Northern anchovies are important prey for marine mammals and game fish Image ID: nur00009, National Undersearch Research Program (NURP) Collection Location: Pacific Ocean. Credit: OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP) Downloaded from: http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/htmls/nur00 009.htm Note: Another image from this collection had fish described as northern anchovies, with the scientific name Engraulis mordax, or Californian anchovy. The species may be misidentified. Date 2006-12-08 (original upload date) PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/0/0f/Anchovy_closeup.jpg | |
190,000,000 YBN | 6289) The Supercontinent Pangea splits into Laurasia and Gondwana. The northern part, Laurasia will form North America and Europe. The southern part, Gondwana will form South America and Africa. | Pangea |
[1] 200 Ma Early Jurassic UNKNOWN source: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/200 _Jurassic_2globes.jpg [2] In geologic terms, a plate is a large, rigid slab of solid rock. The word tectonics comes from the Greek root ''to build.'' Putting these two words together, we get the term plate tectonics, which refers to how the Earth's surface is built of plates. The theory of plate tectonics states that the Earth's outermost layer is fragmented into a dozen or more large and small plates that are moving relative to one another as they ride atop hotter, more mobile material. Before the advent of plate tectonics, however, some people already believed that the present-day continents were the fragmented pieces of preexisting larger landmasses (''supercontinents''). The diagrams below show the break-up of the supercontinent Pangaea (meaning ''all lands'' in Greek), which figured prominently in the theory of continental drift -- the forerunner to the theory of plate tectonics. PD source: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic /graphics/Fig2-5globes.gif |
190,000,000 YBN | 6347) The Holometabola Lepidoptera {lePiDoPTRu} evolve (the ancestor of moths, butterflies, and caterpillars). | earliest fossils: Dorset, England |
[1] Description Photograph of a male Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus en ). This butterfly was stationary on a leaf with his wings outstretched in an attempt to show off and attract a mate. The picture was taken in the butterfly house at the Tyler Arboretum. Camera and Exposure Details: Camera: Nikon D50 Lens: Nikon Nikkor ED AF-S DX 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G Exposure: 55mm (82.5mm in 35mm equivalent) f/9 @ 1/125 s. Date 9 September 2006 Source Own work (Own Picture) Author Photo (c)2006 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) Permission (Reusing this file) You may NOT use this image on your own web site or anywhere else unless you release this image and any derivative works (which may include the web page or other medium where this image is used, if it is not considered a ''collective work'') by following the terms of the following license. Any other use will be considered a breach of copyright law. Please do not copy this image illegally by ignoring the terms of the license, as it is not in the public domain. If you would like special permission to use, license, or purchase the image or prints of the image, or for use in any other fashion or would simply like a copy of the original file, please contact me or email me first to ask. Please see the non-legalese usage guide for more information. Note: While you are not required to do so by the license, please consider letting me know when you reuse one of my photograph images, as a courtesy. GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Monarch_Butterf ly_Showy_Male_3000px.jpg/1280px-Monarch_ Butterfly_Showy_Male_3000px.jpg [2] Description Photograph of a female Monarch Butterflyen (Danaus plexippus en ) laying an egg on a Mexican Milkweeden (Asclepias curassavica en 'Silky Gold'). The picture was taken in Aston Township, Pennsylvania. Camera and Exposure Details: Camera: Nikon D50 Lens: Sigma 70mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro Exposure: 70mm (105mm in 35mm equivalent) f/8 @ 1/160 s. (200 ISO) Date Friday, August 8, 2008 Source Own Picture. Author Photo by and (c)2009 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) Permission (Reusing this file) You may NOT use this image on your own web site or anywhere else unless you release this image and any derivative works (which may include the web page or other medium where this image is used, if it is not considered a ''collective work'') by following the terms of the following license. Any other use will be considered a breach of copyright law. Please do not copy this image illegally by ignoring the terms of the license, as it is not in the public domain. If you would like special permission to use, license, or purchase the image or prints of the image, or for use in any other fashion or would simply like a copy of the original file, please contact me or email me first to ask. Please see the non-legalese usage guide for more information. Note: While you are not required to do so by the license, please consider letting me know when you reuse one of my photograph images, as a courtesy. GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Monarch_Butterf ly_Danaus_plexippus_Laying_Eggs.jpg/1096 px-Monarch_Butterfly_Danaus_plexippus_La ying_Eggs.jpg |
180,000,000 YBN | 456) The earliest extant mammals, Monotremes {moNeTrEMZ} evolve. Monotremes are an order of primitive egg-laying mammals restricted to Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea. The Monotremes consist of only the platypus and the echidna. Monotremes are also the most primitive extant warm blooded and hair growing species. | Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea |
[1] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), 239. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), 239. [2] Description Photo: model of Steropodon galmani at the Australian Museum, Sydney. Date 20 April 2008 Source Own work Author Matt Martyniuk (Dinoguy2) Permission (Reusing this file) See below. Other versions Derivative works of this file: Prototheria collage.png GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/f/f8/Steropodon_model_aus. jpg |
170,000,000 YBN | 372) The Teleosts: carp, minnows, and piranhas evolve. |
[1] Adapted from: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p339. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p339. [2] Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Commo n_carp.jpg Common carp (Cyprinus carpio). Public domain image from USFWS National Image Library. Created by Duane Raver. PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/a/a8/Common_carp.jpg | |
170,000,000 YBN | 373) The Teleosts: salmon, trout, and pike evolve. |
[1] Adapted from: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p339. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p339. [2] Fig. 2. The single most-parsimonious (MP) tree derived from unweighted analysis of mitogenomic data comprising concatenated nucleotide sequences from 12 protein-coding (excluding the ND6 gene and third codon positions) and 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes (stem regions only) from all 28 species examined. Tree length, 12,709 steps; consistency index, 0.355; retention index, 0.471; and rescaled consistency index, 0.167. Numbers above and below internal branches indicate jackknife values obtained for 500 replicates using the heuristic search option in PAUP*4.0b10 (Swofford, 2002) with 20 random-addition sequences being performed in each replication and decay indices, respectively. The scale indicates 100 changes. from: Inoue, JG, Miya, M, Tsukamoto, K, Nishida, M (2003) ''Basal actinopterygian relationships: A mitogenomic perspective on the phylogeny of the ldquoancient fish.rdquo'' Mol Phylogenet Evol 26: 110-120 http://www.sciencedirect.com/sc ience/article/pii/S1055790302003317 COP YRIGHTED source: http://www.sciencedirect.com/cac he/MiamiImageURL/B6WNH-475B9D7-6-1K/0?wc hp=dGLbVlz-zSkzk | |
170,000,000 YBN | 383) The Amphibians: Salamanders evolve. |
[1] Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), 303. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), 303. [2] Description central Pennsylvania Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) Source self-made Date 25 March 2008 Author Camazine (talk) Scott Camazine web.mac.com/camazine CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/en/b/b2/SpottedSalamander.jpg | |
165,000,000 YBN | 358) The Cartilaginous fishes: batoidea {BuTOEDEu} evolve, the ancestor of all rays, skates, and sawfishes. |
[1] Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p361. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p361. [2] Description Manta Ray (Manta birostris) at Hin Daeng, Thailand. Date 30 November 2005 Source Flickr Author jon hanson from london, UK CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/d/df/Manta_birostris-Thail and4.jpg | |
150,000,000 YBN | 330) Stegosaurus, an armored, plant-eating Thyreophoran {tIRrEoFereN} dinosaur lives around this time. | western USA |
[1] [t may not be scholarly] Description Stegosaurus stenops, a stegosaur from the Late Jurassic of North America, pencil drawing Date 6 May 2007 Source Own work Author Nobu Tamura email:nobu.tamura@yahoo.com www.palaeocritti.com Permission (Reusi ng this file) See below. GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/7/70/Stegosaurus_BW.jpg [2] Description Deutsch: Rekonstruktion eines Stegosaurus-Skeletts im Naturmuseum Senckenberg in Frankfurt am Main English: Reconstruction of a Stegosaurus skeleton in the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt am Main Date 2 September 2007 Source EvaK Author EvaK GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/6/6a/Stegosaurus_Senckenbe rg.jpg |
150,000,000 YBN | 374) The Teleosts: Lightfish and Dragonfish evolve. |
[1] Adapted from: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p339. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p339. [2] Description English: This deep-sea fish, Photostomias guernei, has a built-in bioluminescent ''flashlight'' it uses to help it see in the dark. Date 1999 Source Photostomias.jpg Author derivative work: Una Smith Photostomias.jpg: Edith Widder/HBOI PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/6/63/Photostomias2.jpg | |
150,000,000 YBN | 393) The Therapods {tERePoDZ} Birds evolve. The first feather. Fossils of therapod dinosaurs from China indicate that feathers may have originally evolved on non-flying reptiles for insulation (or courting) and not for flight. At least one known feathered dinosaur can probably glide, which suggests that flapping flight evolves as an extension of gliding from trees. |
[1] Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p262. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p262. [2] Description English: Archaeopteryx lithographica, specimen displayed at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. (This image shows the original fossil - not a cast.) Deutsch: Archaeopteryx lithographica, Exemplar im Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. (Dieses Bild zeigt das Original-Fossil, keinen Abguss.) Date 5 July 2009 Source Own work Author H. Raab (User:Vesta) CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/9/9d/Archaeopteryx_lithogr aphica_%28Berlin_specimen%29.jpg | |
145,000,000 YBN | 245) The Seed plants angiosperms evolve. The first flowering plant. Almost all grains, beans, nuts, fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices come from plants with flowers. Much of our clothing comes from flowering plants too, for example: cotton and linen are made from "fibers" of flowering plants, as are rope and burlap. Many commercial dyes and drugs also come from flowering plants. Angiosperms represent approximately 80 percent of all the known green plants now living. The angiosperms are vascular seed plants in which the ovule (or egg) is fertilized and develops into a seed in an enclosed hollow ovary. The ovary is usually enclosed in a flower, the part of the angiosperm that contains the male or female reproductive organs or both. The fruit is the ovary of a plant which encloses seeds. | Israel, Morocco, Libya, and possibly China |
[1] Description 辽宁古果(Archaefructus liaoningensis),为迄今发现的最 早的花(早白垩纪),于北京 然博物馆 Date 17:15, 18 October 2006 (UTC) Source Own work Author Shizhao CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Archaefructus_l iaoningensis.jpg/1280px-Archaefructus_li aoningensis.jpg [2] Figure 2 from: Sun, G. , Dilcher, D. L. , Zheng, S.-L. & Zhou, Z.-K. In search of the first flower: A Jurassic angiosperm, Archaefructus, from northeast China. Science 282, 1692–1695 (1998). http://www.sciencemag.org/conte nt/282/5394/1692 AND http://www.jstor.org/stable/2896858 COPYRIGHTED source: Sun, G. , Dilcher, D. L. , Zheng, S.-L. & Zhou, Z.-K. In search of the first flower: A Jurassic angiosperm, Archaefructus, from northeast China. Science 282, 1692–1695 (1998). http://www.sciencemag.org/conte nt/282/5394/1692http://www.jstor.org/sta ble/2896858 |
144,000,000 YBN | 128) The end of the Jurassic (201.6-145.5 mybn), and start of the Cretaceous (145.5-65.5 mybn) Period. |
[1] Geologic Time Scale 2009 UNKNOWN source: http://www.geosociety.org/scienc e/timescale/timescl.pdf [2] 150 Ma Late Jurassic UNKNOWN source: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/150 _Jurassic_2globes.jpg | |
143,000,000 YBN | 6288) The earliest extant Angiosperm "Amborella". |
[1] N Wikstrom, V Savolainen, MW Chase, ''Evolution of the angiosperms: calibrating the family tree'', Proc Biol Sci. 2001 Nov 7;268(1482):2211-20., (2001). http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org /content/268/1482/2211.abstract COPYRIG HTED source: http://rspb.royalsocietypublishi ng.org/content/268/1482/2211.abstract [2] Photo of Amborella trichopoda (Amborellaceae; photo © Sangtae Kim). source: http://tolweb.org/tree?group=ang iosperms | |
140,000,000 YBN | 247) The Angiosperms Nymphaeales {niM-FE-A-lEZ} evolve, the Water Lilies. |
[1] Nymphaea alba Nymphaea alba - image taken on 29 August 2004 in the outdoor botanical garden of Technion - Haifa, Israel public domain source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nym phaeaceae [2] Nymphaea colorata from Africa presume is gnu or pd source: same | |
140,000,000 YBN | 421) The Ornithiscian Ceratopsian dinosaurs evolve (the ancestor of Triceratops). | Mongolia, China |
[1] Psittacosaurus Palmer, ''The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Animals'', 1999, p162-163. COPYRIGHTED source: Palmer, "The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Animals", 1999, p162-163. [2] Description Protoceratops andrewsi skeleton at Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Date 28 November 2009, 14:07 Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/139061 48@N00/4168549790/ Uploaded by FunkMonk Author Tadek Kurpaski from London, Poland CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/7/7c/Andrewsi.jpg |
140,000,000 YBN | 457) The Mammals Marsupials evolve. The first nipple and breast. | China |
[1] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p231. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p231. [2] Description English: Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) in a juniper tree in northeastern Ohio. Date 27 December 2008 Source Own work Author Wilson44691 Permission (Reusing this file) See below. Other versions PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/6/6a/Possum122708.JPG |
136,000,000 YBN | 460) The Birds Enantiornithes {iNaNTEORNitEZ} evolve. |
[1] Protopteryx fengningensis Name: Protopteryx fengningensis Phylum: Chordata; Subphylum Vertebrata; Class Aves; Subclass Enantiornithes Geological Time: Early Cretaceous Size: 120 mm long (tip of skull to tip of toes); Matrix: 85 mm by 141 mm Fossil Site: Yixian Formation, Fengning County, Hebei Province of China UNKNOWN source: http://www.fossilmuseum.net/Foss il-Pictures/Birds/Protopteryx/CF017A.jpg [2] Sinornis santensis Artist: James Reece COPYRIGHTED AUSTRALIA source: http://www.amonline.net.au/chine se_dinosaurs/feathered_dinosaurs/photo07 .htm | |
134,000,000 YBN | 250) The Angiosperms: "Magnoliids" {maGnOlEiDZ} evolve (the ancestor of nutmeg, avocado, sassafras, cinnamon, black and white pepper, camphor, bay (or laurel) tree, and magnolia.). |
[1] Magnolia This photo is a part of the Wikipedia:Plant photo collection I. Downloaded URL: http://tencent.homestead.com/files/magno lia.jpg Warning sign This image has no source information. Source information must be provided so that the copyright status can be verified by others. Unless the copyright status is provided and a source is given, the image will be deleted seven days after this template was added (see page history). If you just added this template, please use {{no source source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mag noliales [2] ~~~~~}} (to include the date here). Please consider using source: same | |
133,000,000 YBN | 253) The Angiosperms Eudicots {YUDIKoTS} evolve (the largest lineage of flowers). The two main groups of the Eudicots are the "rosids" and the "asterids". Eudicots are also called "tricolpates" which refers to the structure of the pollen. |
[1] N Wikstrom, V Savolainen, MW Chase, ''Evolution of the angiosperms: calibrating the family tree'', Proc Biol Sci. 2001 Nov 7;268(1482):2211-20., (2001). http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org /content/268/1482/2211.abstract COPYRIG HTED source: http://rspb.royalsocietypublishi ng.org/content/268/1482/2211.abstract [2] N Wikstrom, V Savolainen, MW Chase, ''Evolution of the angiosperms: calibrating the family tree'', Proc Biol Sci. 2001 Nov 7;268(1482):2211-20., (2001). http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org /content/268/1482/2211.abstract COPYRIG HTED source: http://rspb.royalsocietypublishi ng.org/content/268/1482/2211.abstract | |
132,000,000 YBN | 462) The Birds Hesperornithiformes {HeS-Pe-rOR-nit-e-FOR-mEZ} evolve. |
[1] Hesperornis. COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.savageancientseas.com /images/labels/hesperornis.jpg [2] Detail of a painting by Ely Kish, Copyright © Ely Kish; used with permission of Ely Kish (EMAIL) Hesperornis regalis Hesperornis (pronounced HES-per-OR-nis) means ''western bird''. Toothed marine birds of the Late Cretaceous seas COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.oceansofkansas.com/He sperornis/kish-01.jpg | |
130,000,000 YBN | 375) The Teleosts: Perch, seahorses, flying fish, pufferfish, and barracuda evolve. |
[1] Adapted from: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p339. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p339. [2] Seahorse - Hippocampus sp. Image ID reef2027, The Coral Kingdom Collection Location Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea Photographer Mr. Mohammed Al Momany, Aqaba, Jordan Source http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/htmls/reef2 027.htm PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/4/4b/Hippocampus.jpg | |
130,000,000 YBN | 376) The Teleosts: cod and anglerfish evolve. |
[1] Adapted from: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p339. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p339. [2] Fig. 2. The single most-parsimonious (MP) tree derived from unweighted analysis of mitogenomic data comprising concatenated nucleotide sequences from 12 protein-coding (excluding the ND6 gene and third codon positions) and 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes (stem regions only) from all 28 species examined. Tree length, 12,709 steps; consistency index, 0.355; retention index, 0.471; and rescaled consistency index, 0.167. Numbers above and below internal branches indicate jackknife values obtained for 500 replicates using the heuristic search option in PAUP*4.0b10 (Swofford, 2002) with 20 random-addition sequences being performed in each replication and decay indices, respectively. The scale indicates 100 changes. from: Inoue, JG, Miya, M, Tsukamoto, K, Nishida, M (2003) ''Basal actinopterygian relationships: A mitogenomic perspective on the phylogeny of the ldquoancient fish.rdquo'' Mol Phylogenet Evol 26: 110-120 http://www.sciencedirect.com/sc ience/article/pii/S1055790302003317 COP YRIGHTED source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/c/cf/Gadus_morhua-Cod-2-At lanterhavsparken-Norway.JPG | |
125,000,000 YBN | 163) The Mammals Eutheria evolve: Placental mammals. The Eutheria are mammals that have a placenta. The placenta is an organ that forms in the uterus to aid in the exchange of food and wastes between the blood of the mother and fetus through an umbilical cord. Placental mammals include all living mammals except marsupials and monotremes. The placenta allows for a longer developmental period within the womb which may give the placentals a selective advantage. | earliest fossils: (Daxigou) Jianchang County, Liaoning Province, China |
[1] Description English: Juramaia Date 30 April 2012 Source Own work Author Nobu Tamura http://paleoexhibit.blogspot.com/ http://spinops.blogspot.com/ http://www.palaeocritti.com CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/1/15/Juramaia_NT.jpg [2] Figure 1 from: Luo Z, Yuan C, Meng Q & Ji Q (2011), ''A Jurassic eutherian mammal and divergence of marsupials and placentals'', Nature 476(7361): p. 42–45. http://www.nature.com/nature/j ournal/v476/n7361/full/nature10291.html {nature10291.pdf} COPYRIGHTED source: http://nature.com/nature/journal /v476/n7361/carousel/nature10291-f1.2.jp g |
125,000,000 YBN | 395) The bird beak evolves. | earliest fossils: (Yixian Formation) Liaoning Province, northeastern China |
[1] Confuciusornis source: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/dia psids/birds/confuciusornislg.jpg [2] Description Confuciusornis sanctus skeleton displayed in Hong Kong Science Museum Date 30 June 2007 CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/7/78/Confuchisornis_sanctu s.JPG |
120,000,000 YBN | 463) The birds Neornithes {nEORnitEZ} evolve (modern birds: the most recent common ancestor of all extant birds). |
[1] aepyornis The same image appears in: Palmer, The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals, 1999, p176. COPYRIGHTED source: http://photo.starnet.ru/Thematic _Wallpapers/Zhizn/Dikie_zhivotnye/dinosa urs_fossils/images/aepyornis.jpg [2] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p262. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p262. | |
112,000,000 YBN | 252) The Angiosperms Monocotyledons (or "Monocots") evolve: Flowering plants that have a single cotyledon (or seed leaf) in the embryo. Monocots are the second largest lineage of flowers after the Eudicots, and include lilies, palms, orchids, and grasses. The two main orders of Monocots are "Base Monocots" and "Commelinids". |
[1] N Wikstrom, V Savolainen, MW Chase, ''Evolution of the angiosperms: calibrating the family tree'', Proc Biol Sci. 2001 Nov 7;268(1482):2211-20., (2001). http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org /content/268/1482/2211.abstract COPYRIG HTED source: http://rspb.royalsocietypublishi ng.org/content/268/1482/2211.abstract [2] N Wikstrom, V Savolainen, MW Chase, ''Evolution of the angiosperms: calibrating the family tree'', Proc Biol Sci. 2001 Nov 7;268(1482):2211-20., (2001). http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org /content/268/1482/2211.abstract COPYRIG HTED source: http://rspb.royalsocietypublishi ng.org/content/268/1482/2211.abstract | |
108,000,000 YBN | 254) The Basal Eudicots evolve (the ancestor of the buttercup, clematis, poppy, macadamia, lotus, and sycamore). |
[1] Creeping butercup (Ranunculus repens). GNU source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Creeping_butercup_close_800.jpg [2] Clematis hybrid from http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/graphics/phot os/ public domain source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cle matis | |
106,000,000 YBN | 267) The "Core Eudicots" evolve (the ancestor of the cactus, caper, buckwheat, rhubarb, venus flytrap, old world pitcher plants, beet, quinoa, spinach, and grape plants). |
[1] N Wikstrom, V Savolainen, MW Chase, ''Evolution of the angiosperms: calibrating the family tree'', Proc Biol Sci. 2001 Nov 7;268(1482):2211-20., (2001). http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org /content/268/1482/2211.abstract COPYRIG HTED source: http://rspb.royalsocietypublishi ng.org/content/268/1482/2211.abstract [2] N Wikstrom, V Savolainen, MW Chase, ''Evolution of the angiosperms: calibrating the family tree'', Proc Biol Sci. 2001 Nov 7;268(1482):2211-20., (2001). http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org /content/268/1482/2211.abstract COPYRIG HTED source: http://rspb.royalsocietypublishi ng.org/content/268/1482/2211.abstract | |
105,000,000 YBN | 491) The Eutheria Afrotheres evolve. Afrotheres originate in Africa and are the earliest extant placental mammals. | Africa |
[1] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p225. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p225. [2] Description Afrotheria Date 18 December 2007 Source self-made, based on: Image:Orycteropus afer.jpg Image:Dugong.jpg Image:Elephant Shrew.jpg Image:Manatee Looking at the Camera.jpg Image:Taupe doree.jpg Image:Klippschliefer Suedafrika Hermanus.jpg Image:Elefante Lake Manyara Park.jpg Image:Tanrek.jpg Author Esculapio GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/f/f0/Afrotheria.jpg |
100,000,000 YBN | 465) The Birds "Ratites" evolve (the ancestor of the ostrich, emu, cassowary {KaSOwaRE}, and kiwi). |
[1] Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p262. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p262. [2] Description Various Ratite birds (clockwise from top left): Brown kiwi Apteryx mantelli, Greater rhea, double-wattled cassowary Casuarius casuarius, Haast's eagle attacking New Zealand moa, Masai ostrich (photographed in Nairobi National Park, Kenya). Date 19 June 2007 Source self-made from Image:Brown_kiwi.jpg, Image:Nandu-Portrait 2.jpg, Image:Casuarius_casuarius_-_double-wattl ed_cassowary.jpg, Image:Giant_Haasts_eagle_attacking_New_Z ealand_moa.jpg, Image:Masai ostrich.jpg (see original images for copyright information). Author Richard001 GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/3/31/Ratites.PNG | |
95,000,000 YBN | 498) The Eutheria "Xenarthrans" {ZeNoRtreNZ} evolve (the ancestor of Sloths, Anteaters, and Armadillos). | South America |
[1] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p220. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p220. [2] Description Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni) in Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens Date 8 January 2006 Source Flickr Author Woodsm CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/b/b5/Choloepus_hoffmanni.j pg |
93,000,000 YBN | 256) The Angiosperms: "Rosids" evolve (Basal Rosids include: the pomegranate, clove, guava, allspice, and eucalyptus). |
[1] N Wikstrom, V Savolainen, MW Chase, ''Evolution of the angiosperms: calibrating the family tree'', Proc Biol Sci. 2001 Nov 7;268(1482):2211-20., (2001). http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org /content/268/1482/2211.abstract COPYRIG HTED source: http://rspb.royalsocietypublishi ng.org/content/268/1482/2211.abstract [2] A photo of the tree Staphylea colchica taken by me in Århus, Denmark GNU source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cro ssosomatales | |
93,000,000 YBN | 261) The Rosids "Fabales" {FoBAlEZ} evolve (the ancestor of beans, pea, peanut, soy, and lentil). |
[1] N Wikstrom, V Savolainen, MW Chase, ''Evolution of the angiosperms: calibrating the family tree'', Proc Biol Sci. 2001 Nov 7;268(1482):2211-20., (2001). http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org /content/268/1482/2211.abstract COPYRIG HTED source: http://rspb.royalsocietypublishi ng.org/content/268/1482/2211.abstract [2] Abrus precatorius (Black-eyed Susan) USGS public domain source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abr us | |
93,000,000 YBN | 265) The Monocots "Base Monocots" evolve (the ancestor of vanilla, orchid, asparagus, onion, garlic, agave, aloe, and lily). |
[1] Sweet Flag (Acorus calamus) - spadix Spadix of Sweet Flag. usgs public domain source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aco rus [2] Ivy Duckweed (Lemna trisulca) Name Lemna trisulca Family Lemnaceae source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali smatales | |
93,000,000 YBN | 266) The Monocots "Commelinids" {KomelIniDZ} evolve (the ancestor of palms, coconut, corn, rice, barley, oat, wheat, rye, sugarcane, bamboo, grass, pineapple, papyrus, turmeric {TRmRiK}, banana, and ginger). |
[1] Manila dwarf coconut palm from http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/graphics/phot os/ Manila dwarf coconut palm thumbnail A Manila dwarf coconut palm on the grounds of the Tropical Agriculture Research Station in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. dept of ag public domain source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are cales [2] coconut GOV public domain source: http://www.nps.gov/kaho/KAHOckLs /KAHOplnt/images/IMG_03957.jpg | |
93,000,000 YBN | 275) The Basal Asterids "Ericales" {AReKAlEZ} evolve (the ancestor of the kiwifruit, ebony, persimmon, blueberry, cranberry, brazil nut, new world pitcher plant, and tea). |
[1] N Wikstrom, V Savolainen, MW Chase, ''Evolution of the angiosperms: calibrating the family tree'', Proc Biol Sci. 2001 Nov 7;268(1482):2211-20., (2001). http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org /content/268/1482/2211.abstract COPYRIG HTED source: http://rspb.royalsocietypublishi ng.org/content/268/1482/2211.abstract [2] Actinidia fruit. kiwifruit. public domain source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Aethionema_grandiflora0.jpg | |
93,000,000 YBN | 283) The Asterids "Apiales" {APEAlEZ} evolve (the ancestor of dill, celery, cilantro, carrot, parsnip, fennel, parsley, and ivy). |
[1] Variegated Ground-elder (Aegopodium podagraria L.) in flower. GNU source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Ground-elder_bloom.jpg [2] An established spread of variegated Ground-elder (Aegopodium podagraria L.). GNU source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Ground-elder.jpg | |
93,000,000 YBN | 285) The Asterids "Asterales" {aSTRAlEZ} evolve (the ancestor of tarragon, daisy, artichoke, sunflower, lettuce, and dandelion). |
[1] Ray floret, typical for flowers of the family Asteraceae. GNU source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Ray.floret01.jpg [2] disc floret, typical part of a flower of the family Asteraceae. GNU source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Disc_floret01.jpg | |
91,000,000 YBN | 259) The Rosids: "Malpighiales" {maLPiGEAlEZ} evolve (the ancestor of coca, rubber tree, cassava, poinsettia, willow, poplar, and aspen). |
[1] mangosteen public domain source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gar cinia [2] Mangosteen fruit public domain source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man gosteen | |
90,000,000 YBN | 270) The Rosids "Brassicales" {BraSiKAlEZ} evolve (the ancestor of horseradish, mustard, cabbage, broccoli, radish, and papaya). |
[1] N Wikstrom, V Savolainen, MW Chase, ''Evolution of the angiosperms: calibrating the family tree'', Proc Biol Sci. 2001 Nov 7;268(1482):2211-20., (2001). http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org /content/268/1482/2211.abstract COPYRIG HTED source: http://rspb.royalsocietypublishi ng.org/content/268/1482/2211.abstract [2] Aethionema grandiflora, GFDL by Kurt Stueber source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Aethionema_grandiflora0.jpg | |
89,000,000 YBN | 262) The Rosids "Rosales" {ROZAlEZ} evolve (the ancestor of hemp, hop, jackfruit, fig, strawberry, rose, raspberry, apple, pear, plum, cherry, peach, and almond). |
[1] Filipendula ulmaria, GNU source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil ipendula [2] A display of different apples, We've even worked on bashless bagging-packaging systems that are used by wholesalers to bring you apples without bruises. US ARS public domain source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/App le | |
89,000,000 YBN | 279) The Asterids "Gentianales" {JeNsinAlEZ} evolve (the ancestor of oleander, and coffee). |
[1] N Wikstrom, V Savolainen, MW Chase, ''Evolution of the angiosperms: calibrating the family tree'', Proc Biol Sci. 2001 Nov 7;268(1482):2211-20., (2001). http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org /content/268/1482/2211.abstract COPYRIG HTED source: http://rspb.royalsocietypublishi ng.org/content/268/1482/2211.abstract [2] Anthocleista grandiflora. PD source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Anthocleista_grandiflora.jpg | |
86,000,000 YBN | 278) The Asterids "Solanales" {SOlanAlEZ} evolve (the ancestor of bell pepper, tomato, tobacco, potato, and eggplant). | Americas |
[1] N Wikstrom, V Savolainen, MW Chase, ''Evolution of the angiosperms: calibrating the family tree'', Proc Biol Sci. 2001 Nov 7;268(1482):2211-20., (2001). http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org /content/268/1482/2211.abstract COPYRIG HTED source: http://rspb.royalsocietypublishi ng.org/content/268/1482/2211.abstract [2] Atropa belladonna. Deadly nightshade. GFDL by Kurt Stueber source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Atropa_bella-donna1.jpg |
85,000,000 YBN | 263) The Rosids "Cucurbitales" (KYUKRBiTAlEZ} evolve (the ancestor of melon, cucumber, pumpkin, squash, and zucchini). | Americas |
[1] White bryony (Bryonia dioica). GNU source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:White_bryony_male_800.jpg [2] watermelon public domain source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Vampire_watermelon.jpg |
85,000,000 YBN | 264) The Rosids "Fagales" {FaGAlEZ} evolve (the ancestor of many flowers that produce edible nuts: for example Birch, Hazel {nut}, Chestnut, Beech {nut}, Oak, Walnut, Pecan {PEKoN}, and Hickory). |
[1] Alnus serrulata (Tag Alder) Male catkins on right, mature female catkins left Johnsonville, South Carolina GFDL source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Tagalder8139.jpg [2] Speckled Alder (Alnus incana subsp. rugosa) - leaves GNU source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Alnus_incana_rugosa_leaves.jpg | |
85,000,000 YBN | 466) The Birds "Galliformes" {GaLliFORmEZ} evolve (the ancestor of the Chicken, Turkey, Pheasant, Peacock, and Quail). |
[1] Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p262. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p262. [2] Description English: Meleagris gallopavo (Wild Turkey) Date 30 July 2006 Source Own work Author MONGO PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/6/69/Meleagris_gallopavo_W ild_Turkey.jpg | |
85,000,000 YBN | 467) The Birds "Anseriformes" {aNSRiFORmEZ} evolve (the ancestor of ducks, geese, and swans). |
[1] Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p262. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p262. [2] Description English: Pair of Wood Ducks Date 18 April 2007 Source http://flickr.com/photos/sherseydc/ 1623995158/ Author http://www.flickr.com/people/sherse ydc/ CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/0/08/Pair_of_Wood_Ducks.jp g | |
85,000,000 YBN | 499) The Eutheria "Laurasiatheres" evolve. The Laurasiatheres are a major line of placental mammals that originate in the northern continent Laurasia. | Laurasia |
[1] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p200. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p200. [2] Description Mamíferos (mammals), based on: Image:Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis (head).jpg Image:Golden crowned fruit bat.jpg Image:Hedgehog-en.jpg Image:Lion waiting in Nambia.jpg All of them under a free licence already in Wikicommons Date 11-01-2008 Source Compilation made by myself, Authors of the photos see below. Author Hans Hillewaert (Giraffe); (Bat) Original uploader was Latorilla at en.wikipedia; (Hedgehog-en) John Mittler at 777Life.com Free Image Archive; (Lion) yaaaay CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/a/a5/Mam%C3%ADferos.jpg |
84,000,000 YBN | 454) The Rocky mountains start to form. |
[1] 90 Ma Late Cretaceous UNKNOWN source: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/090 _Cretaceous_3globes.jpg [2] A satellite image of Canada taken in Summer. Snow cover is still prominent in the Artic and on the Rocky Mountains. UNKNOWN source: http://www.virtualamericas.net/c anada/maps/canada-satellite.jpg | |
82,000,000 YBN | 271) The Rosids "Malvales" {moLVAlEZ} evolve (the ancestor of okra, marsh mallow {malO}, durian {DUREiN}, cotton, balsa, and cacao {KoKoU}. | Americas |
[1] N Wikstrom, V Savolainen, MW Chase, ''Evolution of the angiosperms: calibrating the family tree'', Proc Biol Sci. 2001 Nov 7;268(1482):2211-20., (2001). http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org /content/268/1482/2211.abstract COPYRIG HTED source: http://rspb.royalsocietypublishi ng.org/content/268/1482/2211.abstract [2] Bixa orellana L., floro en Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazilo, GNU source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Aethionema_grandiflora0.jpg |
82,000,000 YBN | 272) The Rosids "Sapindales" {SaPiNDAlEZ} evolve (the ancestor of the maple, lychee, mahogany, cashew, mango, pistachio, and the citrus trees: orange, lemon, and grapefruit). | Americas |
[1] N Wikstrom, V Savolainen, MW Chase, ''Evolution of the angiosperms: calibrating the family tree'', Proc Biol Sci. 2001 Nov 7;268(1482):2211-20., (2001). http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org /content/268/1482/2211.abstract COPYRIG HTED source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Aethionema_grandiflora0.jpg [2] Field Maple foliage and flowers, Acer campestre. GNU source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Acer-campestre.JPG |
82,000,000 YBN | 420) The Ornithopods {ORnitePoDZ} Hadrosaurs evolve; the duck-billed dinosaurs. |
[1] Description Parasaurolophus cyrtocristatus skeleton, Field Museum. Date 1 October 2006, 00:00 Source Field Museum Dinosaur Author Lisa Andres from Riverside, USA Permission (Reusing this file) See below. CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/1/14/Parasaurolophus_cyrto cristatus.jpg [2] Description English: A clickable image of the en:Hadrosauroidea. Illustration by en:User:Debivort. The en:Hadrosaurids comprise the dinosaurs commonly known as ''duck-billed'' dinosaurs. They were common herbivores during the en:Cretaceous period, and prey to en:therapods such as en:Tyrannosaurus. Spectacular fossils of hadrosaurs have been found, including mummified specimens in which soft tissue was preserved, skin impressions, tracks of footprints, and nest sites that demonstrate the animals had parental care of offspring. Animals are shown to scale. A crisp diagram showing the evolutionary relationships between the tribes of the Hadrosauroidea, with representative individuals shown to scale. Conveys the diversity of the group. Every dinosaur shown has passed review for scientific accuracy at en:Wikipedia:WikiProject Dinosaurs/Image review. The individual drawings are genera, and the branches of the tree go down to tribe. All these groups were alive in the late Cretaceous, and are generally known only from a single fossil site en:Category:Approved dinosaur images en:Category:Approved dinosaur scale diagrams Date 2007-06-21 (first version); 2007-10-14 (last version) Source Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is/was here. Author Original uploader was Debivort at en.wikipedia GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/1/14/Hadrosaur-tree-v4.jpg | |
82,000,000 YBN | 500) The Laurasiatheres "Insectivora" evolves (the ancestor of shrews, moles, and hedgehogs). |
[1] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p200. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p200. [2] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p200. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p200. | |
80,000,000 YBN | 422) The Therapods {tERePoDZ} Dromaeosaurs {DrOmEoSORZ} evolve: Raptors. |
[1] Buitreraptor (foreground) and Deinonychus (background) skeletons on display at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois. Taken August 2006 by my girlfriend, C. Horwitz, and uploaded with permission under the GFDL. —Steven G. Johnson GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/2/29/Buitreraptor-Deinonyc hus.jpg [2] Description Digital + graphite drawing of Velociraptor mongoliensis Date 4 August 2006 Source image from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Veloc iraptor_dinoguy2.jpg Author Matt Martyniuk GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/c/cd/Velociraptor_dinoguy2 .jpg | |
80,000,000 YBN | 482) The Marsupials: New World Opossums evolve. | Americas |
[1] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p231. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p231. [2] Description English: North American Opossum with winter coat. Français : Opossum de Virginie en livrée d'hiver. Deutsch: Ein Nordopossum (Didelphis virginiana) im Winterfell Date 21 February 2007 Source Wikipedia:User:Cody.pope Author Cody Pope CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/2/27/Opossum_2.jpg |
75,000,000 YBN | 492) The Afrotheres: Aardvarks evolve. | Africa |
[1] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p225. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p225. [2] Description An aardvark at Detroit Zoo Date 15 April 2008 Source Cropped from File:Porcs formiguers (Orycteropus afer).jpg Author MontageMan is the author of the original image, I did the crop Permission (Reusing this file) See below. CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/8/8a/Porc_formiguer.JPG |
74,000,000 YBN | 280) The Asterids "Lamiales" {lAmEAlEZ} evolve (the ancestor of many spices: mint, basil, marjoram {moRJ uruM}, oregano, rosemary, sage, savory, thyme, teak, sesame, olive, ash, lilac and jasmine). |
[1] Common Bugle (Ajuga reptans) GNU source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Ajuga-reptans01.jpg [2] Calamintha grandiflora. GFDL by Kurt Stueber source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Calamintha_grandiflora2.jpg | |
73,000,000 YBN | 484) The Marsupials: Bandicoots and Bilbies {BiLBEZ} evolve. | Australia |
[1] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p231. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p231. [2] Description Eastern Barred Bandicoot (Perameles gunnii), Poimena Reserve, Austin's Ferry, Tasmania, Australia. The photo taken at night with off camera flashes. Date 31 July 2010 Source Own work Author Noodle snacks (http://www.noodlesnacks.com/) CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/8/8b/Perameles_gunni.jpg |
70,000,000 YBN | 424) Two of the largest meat-eating dinosaurs known are common (both Therapods {tERePoDZ}): Tyrannosaurus rex {TiraNiSORuS reKS} is the top predator in North America and Giganotosaurus {JiGuNOTuSORuS} is the top predator in South America. | Americas |
[1] Description English: View of the fossil/cast Tyranausaurus Rex at the Royal Tyrell Museum in Alberta, Canada. The image has been modified to remove background persons and objects. Français : Le fossile du Tyranausaurus Rex dans le Royal Tyrell Museum en Alberta au Canada. L'image a été modifié pour enlever les personnes et objets en arrière plan. Date 27 June 2010 Source Own work Author Pierre Camateros CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/a/a8/Fossil_Tyranausaurus_ Rex_at_the_Royal_Tyrell_Museum%2C_Albert a%2C_Canada.jpg [2] Description English: The Wonderful Paleo Art of Heinrich Harder - Illustrations for Die Wunder der Urwelt 1912 Date 1912 Source http://www.copyrightexpired.com/Hei nrich_Harder/gigantosaurus_dwdu_1912.htm l Author Heinrich Harder (1858-1935) Permission (Reusing this file) PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/9/92/500_gigantosaurus_dwd u1912cropped.jpg |
70,000,000 YBN | 425) The Thyreophoran {tIRrEoFereNZ} Ankylosaurs {ANKilOSORZ} evolve (the shield back and/or club tail dinosaurs). |
[1] Description the image shows an edmontonia. a sort of dinosaur Date 5 July 2006 Source the image i did myself based on the images found here: [1], [2],[3] and [4] Author Mariana Ruiz (aka:LadyofHats) PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/9/92/Edmontonia_dinosaur.p ng [2] Description the image shows an edmontonia. a sort of dinosaur Date 5 July 2006 Source the image i did myself based on the images found here: [1], [2],[3] and [4] Author Mariana Ruiz (aka:LadyofHats) PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/9/92/Edmontonia_dinosaur.p ng | |
70,000,000 YBN | 426) The Marine reptiles Mosasaurs {mOSeSORZ} evolve. |
[1] Description English: Mosasaurus skeleton; Maastricht Natural History Museum, The Netherlands. Date 9 August 2010 Source Own work Author Wilson44691 Permission (Reusing this file) See below. Photograph taken by Mark A. Wilson (Department of Geology, The College of Wooster). PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/0/06/MosasaurMaastricht080 910.JPG [2] Restoration of Aigialosaurus bucchichi, a basal mosasaur Description Aigialosaurus bucchichi Date 2009 Source Own work Author FunkMonk (Michael B. H.) CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Aigialosaurus_b ucchichi.jpg/1280px-Aigialosaurus_bucchi chi.jpg | |
70,000,000 YBN | 469) The Birds "Podicipediformes" {PoDiSiPeDeFORmEZ} evolve (grebes {GreBS}). |
[1] Fig. 4. Our phylogeny differs from and agrees with previous classifications. We merged well-supported (>70% bootstrap values) monophyletic clades at the tips with the same ordinal designation across all three classifications (e.g., 24 species called Passerines). Only higher relationships supported by bootstrap values >50% are shown. Colors are as in Fig. 2. Color bars to the right of the tree show membership in three different classifications: Peters' (25) (left), Sibley and Monroe's (30) (middle), and Livezey and Zusi's (13) (right). Black text within the bars indicates monophyletic orders in our phylogeny, whereas white text within the bars indicates nonmonophyletic orders. Ordinal name codes: ANS (Anseriformes), APO (Apodiformes), APT (Apterygiformes), ARD (Ardeiformes), BAL (Balaenicipitiformes), BUC (Bucerotiformes), CAP (Caprimulgiformes), CAS (Casuariiformes), CHA (Charadriiformes), CIC (Ciconiiformes), CLM (Columbiformes), COL (Coliiformes), COR (Coraciiformes), CRA (Craciformes), CUC (Cuculiformes), FAL (Falconiformes), GAL (Galliformes), GAV (Gaviiformes), GLB (Galbuliformes), GRU (Gruiformes), MUS (Musophagiformes), OPI (Opisthocomiformes), PAS (Passeriformes), PEL (Pelecaniformes), PIC (Piciformes), POD (Podicipediformes), PRO (Procellariiformes), PSI (Psittaciformes), RAL (Ralliformes), RHE (Rheiformes), SPH (Sphenisciformes), STH (Struthioniformes), STR (Strigiformes), TIN (Tinamiformes), TRC (Trochiliformes), TRO (Trogoniformes), TUR (Turniciformes), and UPU (Upupiformes). Figure 4 from: Hackett, Shannon J. et al. “A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History.” Science 320.5884 (2008) : 1763 -1768. Print. http://www.sciencemag.org/conten t/320/5884/1763 COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.sciencemag.org/conten t/320/5884/1763/F4.large.jpg [2] Description Podiceps nigricollis English: Black-necked Grebe, Jan. 2007, Ibaraki JAPAN 日本語: ハジロカイツブリ 2007年1月 茨城県神栖市波崎 (投稿者自身による撮影) Date 5 January 2007 Source photo taken by Maga-chan Author Maga-chan CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/6/66/Podiceps_nigricollis_ 001.jpg | |
70,000,000 YBN | 507) The Eutheria Lagomorpha {loGomORFo} evolve: the ancestor of Rabbits, Hares, and Pikas {PIKuZ}. |
[1] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p187. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p187. [2] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p187. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p187. | |
70,000,000 YBN | 516) The Eutheria Tree Shrews and Colugos {KolUGOZ} evolve. |
[1] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p182. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p182. [2] Description English: Indian Tree-shrew (Anathana ellioti) in Yercaud, India. Date Taken on film in the 1990s - scanned on 2005-09-26 (according to EXIF data) Source Photographed by S. Karthikeyan ( palmfly at gmail . com ) Please contact author for usage of any higher resolution images. Author S. Karthikeyan CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/7/78/Anathana_ellioti.jpg | |
66,000,000 YBN | 120) The largest Pterosaur and largest flying animal ever known, Quetzalcoatlus {KeTZLKWoTLuS}. |
[1] Description English: fossil of Quetzalcoatlus, an extinct pterosaur Date June 2009 Source Own work Author Ghedoghedo GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/a/ab/Quetzalcoatlus_1.JPG [2] Description Size comparison of the azhdarchid pterosaurs Quetzalcoatlus northropi and Quetzalcoatlus unnamed species, with a human. Modified from a diagram featured in Witton and Naish (2008). Date 29 May 2008 Source Own work Author Matt Martyniuk (Dinoguy2), Mark Witton and Darren Naish CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/e/e5/Quetzscale1.png | |
65,500,000 YBN | 129) The End-Cretaceous mass extinction. 47% of all genera are observed extinct. Made extinct are: 60% of plant species, and all dinosaurs, mosasaurs, pterosaurs, plesiosaurs {PlESEoSORZ} and pliosaurs {PlIoSORZ}. A comet or meteor collides with the Earth in what is now the Yucatan {YUKoTaN} Peninsula of Mexico and huge amounts of lava erupt from India. No large animals survive on land, in the air, or in the sea. |
[1] Cretaceous meteor impact. Benjamin Cummings. COPYRIGHTED source: http://io.uwinnipeg.ca/~simmons/ 16cm05/1116/16macro.htm [2] Cretaceous meteor impact. Benjamin Cummings. COPYRIGHTED source: http://io.uwinnipeg.ca/~simmons/ 16cm05/1116/16macro.htm | |
65,500,000 YBN | 397) The end of the Mesozoic and start of the Cenozoic Era, and the end of the Cretaceous (145.5-65.5 mybn), and start of the Tertiary (65.5-1.8 mybn) Period. |
[1] Geologic Time Scale 2009 UNKNOWN source: http://www.geosociety.org/scienc e/timescale/timescl.pdf [2] 65 Ma K-T Boundary - Tertiary/Cretaceous UNKNOWN source: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/065 _K_Tboundary_3globes.jpg | |
65,000,000 YBN | 429) The start of the rapid diversification of mammals. |
[1] UNKNOWN source: http://bp0.blogger.com/_AejGb2Gc r_o/SIlTsz-2RrI/AAAAAAAAAAY/8b_-LPsmDbc/ s1600/mammal3.jpg [2] Fig 3.46 from: Kardong, ''Vertebrates'', 2002, p123. COPYRIGHTED source: from: Kardong, "Vertebrates", 2002, p123. | |
65,000,000 YBN | 468) The Birds "Gruiformes" {GrUiFORmEZ} evolve (the ancestor of cranes, rails, and bustards {BuSTRDZ}). |
[1] Fig. 4. Our phylogeny differs from and agrees with previous classifications. We merged well-supported (>70% bootstrap values) monophyletic clades at the tips with the same ordinal designation across all three classifications (e.g., 24 species called Passerines). Only higher relationships supported by bootstrap values >50% are shown. Colors are as in Fig. 2. Color bars to the right of the tree show membership in three different classifications: Peters' (25) (left), Sibley and Monroe's (30) (middle), and Livezey and Zusi's (13) (right). Black text within the bars indicates monophyletic orders in our phylogeny, whereas white text within the bars indicates nonmonophyletic orders. Ordinal name codes: ANS (Anseriformes), APO (Apodiformes), APT (Apterygiformes), ARD (Ardeiformes), BAL (Balaenicipitiformes), BUC (Bucerotiformes), CAP (Caprimulgiformes), CAS (Casuariiformes), CHA (Charadriiformes), CIC (Ciconiiformes), CLM (Columbiformes), COL (Coliiformes), COR (Coraciiformes), CRA (Craciformes), CUC (Cuculiformes), FAL (Falconiformes), GAL (Galliformes), GAV (Gaviiformes), GLB (Galbuliformes), GRU (Gruiformes), MUS (Musophagiformes), OPI (Opisthocomiformes), PAS (Passeriformes), PEL (Pelecaniformes), PIC (Piciformes), POD (Podicipediformes), PRO (Procellariiformes), PSI (Psittaciformes), RAL (Ralliformes), RHE (Rheiformes), SPH (Sphenisciformes), STH (Struthioniformes), STR (Strigiformes), TIN (Tinamiformes), TRC (Trochiliformes), TRO (Trogoniformes), TUR (Turniciformes), and UPU (Upupiformes). Figure 4 from: Hackett, Shannon J. et al. “A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History.” Science 320.5884 (2008) : 1763 -1768. Print. http://www.sciencemag.org/conten t/320/5884/1763 COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.sciencemag.org/conten t/320/5884/1763/F4.large.jpg [2] By Aaron Logan, from http://www.lightmatter.net/gallery/album s.php w:en:Creative Commons attribution CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/8/8d/Grey_Crowned_Crane.jp g | |
65,000,000 YBN | 485) Marsupial moles evolve. | Australia |
[1] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p231. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p231. [2] English: The southern marsupial mole (Notoryctes typhlops). Date Originally uploaded to pl.wikipedia on 10 May 2006. Source Own work; originally from pl.wikipedia; description page is/was here. Author Bartus.malec at pl.wikipedia. GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/4/4b/Notoryctes_typhlops.j pg |
65,000,000 YBN | 486) The Marsupials Tasmanian Devil and Numbat {nuMBaT} evolve. | Australia |
[1] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p231. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p231. [2] Description English: Quoll imaged at a rescue park, Tasmania, Austrailia, probably Tiger Quoll (Dasyurus maculatus), indicated by spots on tail Photographer's note. This is a lucky through-the-fence shot using an old Sony camera as the animal was quite active. The small size of the lens is a distinct advantage in this case (my Canon xTi would not have been able to get the shot). Category:Dasyurus maculatus Date Taken November 18, 2008, uploaded December 28, 2008 (28 December 2008 (original upload date)) Source Transferred from en.wikipedia; transferred to Commons by User:Berichard using CommonsHelper. PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/f/f6/Dasyurus_maculatus.jp g |
65,000,000 YBN | 488) The Marsupials "Diprotodontia" {DIPrOTODoNsEu} evolve (the ancestor of Wombats, Kangeroos, Possums, and Koalas). | Australia |
[1] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p231. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p231. [2] Eastern Grey Kangaroo with joey PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/0/0d/Kangaroo_and_joey03.j pg |
65,000,000 YBN | 508) The Eutheria "Rodentia" evolve; rodents. The Rodents: "Myomorpha" {MIemORFu} evolve (the ancestor of rats, mice, gerbils, voles {VOLZ}, lemmings, and hamsters). |
[1] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p187. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p187. [2] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p187. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p187. | |
63,000,000 YBN | 587) The Primates evolve. The opposable thumb. The Order primates contains more than 300 species, including monkeys, apes, and humans. | Africa or India |
[1] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p168. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p168. [2] Description English: Gray slender loris (Loris lydekkerianus) photographed at Dindigal in Tamil Nadu. Date 27 June 2008 Source Own work Author Kalyan Varma (Kalyanvarma) GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/8/8f/Slender_Loris.jpg |
60,000,000 YBN | 470) The Birds "Strigiformes" {STriJiFORmEZ} evolve (owls). |
[1] Fig. 4. Our phylogeny differs from and agrees with previous classifications. We merged well-supported (>70% bootstrap values) monophyletic clades at the tips with the same ordinal designation across all three classifications (e.g., 24 species called Passerines). Only higher relationships supported by bootstrap values >50% are shown. Colors are as in Fig. 2. Color bars to the right of the tree show membership in three different classifications: Peters' (25) (left), Sibley and Monroe's (30) (middle), and Livezey and Zusi's (13) (right). Black text within the bars indicates monophyletic orders in our phylogeny, whereas white text within the bars indicates nonmonophyletic orders. Ordinal name codes: ANS (Anseriformes), APO (Apodiformes), APT (Apterygiformes), ARD (Ardeiformes), BAL (Balaenicipitiformes), BUC (Bucerotiformes), CAP (Caprimulgiformes), CAS (Casuariiformes), CHA (Charadriiformes), CIC (Ciconiiformes), CLM (Columbiformes), COL (Coliiformes), COR (Coraciiformes), CRA (Craciformes), CUC (Cuculiformes), FAL (Falconiformes), GAL (Galliformes), GAV (Gaviiformes), GLB (Galbuliformes), GRU (Gruiformes), MUS (Musophagiformes), OPI (Opisthocomiformes), PAS (Passeriformes), PEL (Pelecaniformes), PIC (Piciformes), POD (Podicipediformes), PRO (Procellariiformes), PSI (Psittaciformes), RAL (Ralliformes), RHE (Rheiformes), SPH (Sphenisciformes), STH (Struthioniformes), STR (Strigiformes), TIN (Tinamiformes), TRC (Trochiliformes), TRO (Trogoniformes), TUR (Turniciformes), and UPU (Upupiformes). Figure 4 from: Hackett, Shannon J. et al. “A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History.” Science 320.5884 (2008) : 1763 -1768. Print. http://www.sciencemag.org/conten t/320/5884/1763 COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.sciencemag.org/conten t/320/5884/1763/F4.large.jpg [2] Description Athene noctua English: Little owl Español: Mochuelo Date 2011-02-27 07:27 (UTC) Source Athene_noctua_(portrait).jpg Author Athene_noctua_(portrait).jpg: Trebol-a derivative work: Stemonitis (talk) CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/3/39/Athene_noctua_%28crop ped%29.jpg | |
60,000,000 YBN | 504) The Laurasiatheres "Carnivora" {KoRniVRu} evolve (the ancestor of Cats, Dogs, Bears, Weasels, Hyenas, Seals, and Walruses). | Laurasia |
[1] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p200. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p200. [2] Description English: Two-spotted palm civet Nandinia binotata mounted specimen in Manchester Museum Date 2008-07-28 (original upload date) (Original text : July 2008) GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/5/5a/14-nandinia_binotata. JPG |
58,000,000 YBN | 524) The Primates: Tarsiers {ToRSERZ} evolve. |
[1] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p164. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p164. [2] Description Tarsius syrichta (Philippine Tarsier) Date - Source http://www.sxc.hu/photo/490924 Aut hor Jasper Greek Golangco PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/1/1d/Tarsius_Syrichta-GG.j pg | |
55,000,000 YBN | 471) The Birds "Apodiformes" {oPoD-i-FORmEZ} evolve (hummingbirds, and swifts). |
[1] Fig. 4. Our phylogeny differs from and agrees with previous classifications. We merged well-supported (>70% bootstrap values) monophyletic clades at the tips with the same ordinal designation across all three classifications (e.g., 24 species called Passerines). Only higher relationships supported by bootstrap values >50% are shown. Colors are as in Fig. 2. Color bars to the right of the tree show membership in three different classifications: Peters' (25) (left), Sibley and Monroe's (30) (middle), and Livezey and Zusi's (13) (right). Black text within the bars indicates monophyletic orders in our phylogeny, whereas white text within the bars indicates nonmonophyletic orders. Ordinal name codes: ANS (Anseriformes), APO (Apodiformes), APT (Apterygiformes), ARD (Ardeiformes), BAL (Balaenicipitiformes), BUC (Bucerotiformes), CAP (Caprimulgiformes), CAS (Casuariiformes), CHA (Charadriiformes), CIC (Ciconiiformes), CLM (Columbiformes), COL (Coliiformes), COR (Coraciiformes), CRA (Craciformes), CUC (Cuculiformes), FAL (Falconiformes), GAL (Galliformes), GAV (Gaviiformes), GLB (Galbuliformes), GRU (Gruiformes), MUS (Musophagiformes), OPI (Opisthocomiformes), PAS (Passeriformes), PEL (Pelecaniformes), PIC (Piciformes), POD (Podicipediformes), PRO (Procellariiformes), PSI (Psittaciformes), RAL (Ralliformes), RHE (Rheiformes), SPH (Sphenisciformes), STH (Struthioniformes), STR (Strigiformes), TIN (Tinamiformes), TRC (Trochiliformes), TRO (Trogoniformes), TUR (Turniciformes), and UPU (Upupiformes). Figure 4 from: Hackett, Shannon J. et al. “A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History.” Science 320.5884 (2008) : 1763 -1768. Print. http://www.sciencemag.org/conten t/320/5884/1763 COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.sciencemag.org/conten t/320/5884/1763/F4.large.jpg [2] Description Ruby-throated hummingbird public domain USFWA Date 11 February 2003 Source Cropped from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Digital Library System Author Steve Maslowski PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/8/87/Rubythroathummer65.jp g | |
55,000,000 YBN | 476) The Birds "Piciformes" {PESiFORmEZ} evolve (woodpeckers, and toucans). |
[1] Fig. 4. Our phylogeny differs from and agrees with previous classifications. We merged well-supported (>70% bootstrap values) monophyletic clades at the tips with the same ordinal designation across all three classifications (e.g., 24 species called Passerines). Only higher relationships supported by bootstrap values >50% are shown. Colors are as in Fig. 2. Color bars to the right of the tree show membership in three different classifications: Peters' (25) (left), Sibley and Monroe's (30) (middle), and Livezey and Zusi's (13) (right). Black text within the bars indicates monophyletic orders in our phylogeny, whereas white text within the bars indicates nonmonophyletic orders. Ordinal name codes: ANS (Anseriformes), APO (Apodiformes), APT (Apterygiformes), ARD (Ardeiformes), BAL (Balaenicipitiformes), BUC (Bucerotiformes), CAP (Caprimulgiformes), CAS (Casuariiformes), CHA (Charadriiformes), CIC (Ciconiiformes), CLM (Columbiformes), COL (Coliiformes), COR (Coraciiformes), CRA (Craciformes), CUC (Cuculiformes), FAL (Falconiformes), GAL (Galliformes), GAV (Gaviiformes), GLB (Galbuliformes), GRU (Gruiformes), MUS (Musophagiformes), OPI (Opisthocomiformes), PAS (Passeriformes), PEL (Pelecaniformes), PIC (Piciformes), POD (Podicipediformes), PRO (Procellariiformes), PSI (Psittaciformes), RAL (Ralliformes), RHE (Rheiformes), SPH (Sphenisciformes), STH (Struthioniformes), STR (Strigiformes), TIN (Tinamiformes), TRC (Trochiliformes), TRO (Trogoniformes), TUR (Turniciformes), and UPU (Upupiformes). Figure 4 from: Hackett, Shannon J. et al. “A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History.” Science 320.5884 (2008) : 1763 -1768. Print. http://www.sciencemag.org/conten t/320/5884/1763 COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.sciencemag.org/conten t/320/5884/1763/F4.large.jpg [2] Description Hispaniolan Woodpecker / Melanerpes striatus Date 20 January 2004 Source http://www.pbase.com/wwcsig/image/4 1280575 Author Wolfgang Wander GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/1/1b/Melanerpes_striatus00 1.jpg | |
55,000,000 YBN | 477) The Birds "Passeriformes" {PaSRiFORmEZ} evolve (perching songbirds). This order includes many common birds: for example crows, jays, sparrows, warblers, mockingbirds, wrens, robins, orioles, bluebirds, vireos {VEREOZ}, larks, swallows, and finches. More than half of all species of birds are passerines. | earliest fossils: Australia|Gondwana |
[1] Fig. 4. Our phylogeny differs from and agrees with previous classifications. We merged well-supported (>70% bootstrap values) monophyletic clades at the tips with the same ordinal designation across all three classifications (e.g., 24 species called Passerines). Only higher relationships supported by bootstrap values >50% are shown. Colors are as in Fig. 2. Color bars to the right of the tree show membership in three different classifications: Peters' (25) (left), Sibley and Monroe's (30) (middle), and Livezey and Zusi's (13) (right). Black text within the bars indicates monophyletic orders in our phylogeny, whereas white text within the bars indicates nonmonophyletic orders. Ordinal name codes: ANS (Anseriformes), APO (Apodiformes), APT (Apterygiformes), ARD (Ardeiformes), BAL (Balaenicipitiformes), BUC (Bucerotiformes), CAP (Caprimulgiformes), CAS (Casuariiformes), CHA (Charadriiformes), CIC (Ciconiiformes), CLM (Columbiformes), COL (Coliiformes), COR (Coraciiformes), CRA (Craciformes), CUC (Cuculiformes), FAL (Falconiformes), GAL (Galliformes), GAV (Gaviiformes), GLB (Galbuliformes), GRU (Gruiformes), MUS (Musophagiformes), OPI (Opisthocomiformes), PAS (Passeriformes), PEL (Pelecaniformes), PIC (Piciformes), POD (Podicipediformes), PRO (Procellariiformes), PSI (Psittaciformes), RAL (Ralliformes), RHE (Rheiformes), SPH (Sphenisciformes), STH (Struthioniformes), STR (Strigiformes), TIN (Tinamiformes), TRC (Trochiliformes), TRO (Trogoniformes), TUR (Turniciformes), and UPU (Upupiformes). Figure 4 from: Hackett, Shannon J. et al. “A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History.” Science 320.5884 (2008) : 1763 -1768. Print. http://www.sciencemag.org/conten t/320/5884/1763 COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.sciencemag.org/conten t/320/5884/1763/F4.large.jpg [2] Western Bluebirds (female on left) Irvine, CA PD source: http://tedhuntington.com/bluebir ds.jpg |
55,000,000 YBN | 495) The Afrotheres Elephants evolve. | Algeria, Africa|Africa |
[1] Description Moeritherium Date 1920 (probably) Source The Wonderful Paleo Art of Heinrich Harder Author Heinrich Harder (1858-1935) PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/9/97/Moeritherium.jpg [2] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p225. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p225. |
55,000,000 YBN | 497) The Afrotheres: Manatee and Dugong evolve. |
[1] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p225. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p225. [2] Description Trichechus manatus English: This group of three West Indian manatees (Trichechus manatus) was photographed while feeding on seagrass. Date Source from http://www.csc.noaa.gov/benthic/resource s/gallery/life/manatee.htm Author PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/8/81/Manatee.jpg | |
55,000,000 YBN | 502) The Laurasiatheres "Cetartiodactyla" {SiToRTEODaKTilu} evolve (the ancestor of all Artiodactyla {oRTEODaKTiLu} also called "even-toed ungulates": camels, pigs, ruminants {includes deer, giraffe, cattle, sheep, and antelope}, hippos, and all Cetacea {SiTASEu or SiTAsEu}: Whales, and Dolphins). Hippos are the closest living land relative of the whales and dolphins. | Laurasia |
[1] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p200. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p200. [2] [t may or may not be accurate] Description Pakicetus inachus, a whale ancestor from the Early Eocene of Pakistan, after Nummelai et al., (2006), pencil drawing, digital coloring Date 29 November 2007 Source Own work Author Nobu Tamura email:nobu.tamura@yahoo.com www.palaeocritti.com GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/3/34/Pakicetus_BW.jpg |
55,000,000 YBN | 503) The Laurasiatheres "Perissodactyla" {PeriSODaKTilu} evolve (also called "odd-toed ungulates") {uNGYUlATS or uNGYUliTS} (the ancestor of all Horses, Tapirs {TAPRZ }, and Rhinos). | Laurasia |
[1] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p200. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p200. [2] Description Two young Nokota mares Date 2010-02-11 22:34 (UTC) Source Nokota_Horses.jpg Author Nokota_Horses.jpg: François Marchal derivative work: Dana boomer (talk) CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/d/de/Nokota_Horses_cropped .jpg |
55,000,000 YBN | 509) The Rodents: Beavers. |
[1] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p187. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p187. [2] Description he was happily sitting back and munching on something. and munching, and munching... Date 4 July 2007, 12:55 Source American Beaver Author Steve from washington, dc, usa Permission (Reusing this file) See below. CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/6/6b/American_Beaver.jpg | |
55,000,000 YBN | 511) The Rodents: Dormouse, Mountain Beaver, Squirrel and Marmot {moRmuT} evolve. |
[1] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p187. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p187. [2] Description Membres de la famille des Suridés Date Source Own work Author Chicoutimi (montage) Montage 9 pictures.jpg Karakal AndiW National Park Service en:User:Markus Krötzsch The Lilac Breasted Roller Nico Conradie from Centurion, South Africa Hans Hillewaert Sylvouille National Park Service GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/6/68/Sciuridae.jpg | |
55,000,000 YBN | 585) The Birds Psittaciformes {SiTaS-iFORmEZ} evolve (Parrots). |
[1] Brown, Joseph, Joshua Rest, Jaime G. Moreno, Michael Sorenson, and David Mindell. ''Strong mitochondrial DNA support for a Cretaceous origin of modern avian lineages.'' BMC Biology 6 (January 2008): 6:6. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741- 7007/6/6 COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.biomedcentral.com/174 1-7007/6/6 [2] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p262. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p262. | |
55,000,000 YBN | 6381) Horses evolve. |
[1] Description English: This reproduction of a painting of an undetermined species of Hyracotherium was made to illustrate one card of a set of 30 collector cards from ''Tiere der Urwelt'' (Animals of the Prehistoric World). From the Series III. Deutsch: Diese Reproduktion eines Gemäldes einer nicht näher bezeichneten Art von Hyracotherium wurde zur Illustration einer Karte aus einem Set von 30 Sammelkarten mit dem Titel „Tiere der Urwelt“ angefertigt. Aus der Serie III. Date 1920 (probably) Source The Wonderful Paleo Art of Heinrich Harder Author Heinrich Harder (1858-1935) PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/6/6e/Hyracotherium_Eohippu s_hharder.jpg [2] The artwork depicting horse evolution is from Professor Donald Levin's course in BioEvolution at the University of Texas in Austin. This is a brief, highly illustrated course with many examples given of macroevolution. Notice that the generalized branching diagram in this illustration is less twiggy than the more bushy branching depicted at other resources mentioned here. UNKNOWN source: http://darwiniana.org/equid2t.gi f | |
55,000,000 YBN | 6387) The first Giraffes evolve. |
[1] Description Adult male Reticulated giraffe feeding high up on an acacia, in central Kenya Date 8 July 2010, 10:25 Source High-rise living Author Steve Garvie from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/f/f4/Flickr_-_Rainbirder_- _High-rise_living.jpg [2] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p200. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p200. | |
54,000,000 YBN | 810) The last common ancestor between hippos with dolphins and whales. |
[1] Fig. 2. Molecular time scale for the orders of placental mammals based on the 16,397-bp data set and maximum likelihood tree of ref. 14 with an opossum outgroup (data not shown), 13 fossil constraints (Materials and Methods), and a mean prior of 105 mya for the placental root. Ordinal designations are listed above the branches. Orange and green lines denote orders with basal diversification before or after the K/T boundary, respectively. Black lines depict orders for which only one taxon was available. Asterisks denote placental taxa included in the ''K/T body size'' taxon set. The composition of chimeric taxa, including caniform, caviomorph, strepsirrhine, and sirenian, is indicated elsewhere (14). Numbers for internal nodes are cross-referenced in the supporting information. COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.pnas.org/content/vol1 00/issue3/images/large/pq0334222002.jpeg [2] Description Deutsch: Eine Gruppe Flußpferde im Luangwa-Tal, Sambia. English: Pod of Hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius) in Luangwa Valley, Zambia Français : Groupe d'hippopotames (Hippopotamus amphibius) dans la vallée du Luangua, en Zambie Date 2005 Source Own work Author Paul Maritz GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/a/a3/Hippo_pod_edit.jpg | |
53,500,000 YBN | 812) The earliest marine mammal and whale "Himalayacetus". | earliest fossils: (Subathu Formation) Northern India |
[1] The evolution of whales The first thing to notice on this evogram is that hippos are the closest living relatives of whales, but they are not the ancestors of whales. In fact, none of the individual animals on the evogram is the direct ancestor of any other, as far as we know. That's why each of them gets its own branch on the family tree. UNKNOWN source: http://evolution.berkeley.edu/ev olibrary/images/evograms/whale_evo.jpg [2] Description Pakicetus inachus, a whale ancestor from the Early Eocene of Pakistan, after Nummelai et al., (2006), pencil drawing, digital coloring Date 29 November 2007 Source Own work Author Nobu Tamura (http://spinops.blogspot.com) GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/3/34/Pakicetus_BW.jpg |
52,000,000 YBN | 501) The Laurasiatheres "Chiroptera" {KIroPTRu} evolve (the ancestor of fruit bats, and echolocating bats). | Laurasia |
[1] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p200. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p200. [2] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p200. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p200. |
51,000,000 YBN | 513) The Rodents: Old World Porcupines evolve. |
[1] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p187. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p187. [2] Photograph of a brush-tailed porcupine in Berlin Zoologischer Garten. Taken by Eloquence in July 2005 and released into the public domain. Public domain PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/2/21/Brush_tailed_porcupin e_Berlin_Zoo.jpg | |
50,000,000 YBN | 438) The Himalayan {HiMolAYeN} mountains start to form. | Himalyia Mountains, India |
[1] 50 Ma Eocene NONCOMMERCIAL source: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/050 _Eocene_3globes.jpg [2] Himalayas as pictured by NASA Landsat 7 Satellite. PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/en/2/25/Himalayas_landsat_7.png |
50,000,000 YBN | 816) The early whale Ambulocetus evolves. |
[1] Ambulocetus natans in action. A reconstruction of an early close cousin of whales. by artist Carl Buell. UNKNOWN source: http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/ images/whal.amb.jpeg [2] Ambulocetus The name Ambulocetus gives away its early ancestry. It means 'walking whale'. UNKNOWN source: http://www.abc.net.au/beasts/evi dence/prog1/images/evi_amulocetus_large. jpg | |
49,000,000 YBN | 474) The Birds "Falconiformes" {FaLKoNiFORmEZ} evolve (the ancestor of falcons, hawks, eagles, and Old World vultures). |
[1] Fig. 4. Our phylogeny differs from and agrees with previous classifications. We merged well-supported (>70% bootstrap values) monophyletic clades at the tips with the same ordinal designation across all three classifications (e.g., 24 species called Passerines). Only higher relationships supported by bootstrap values >50% are shown. Colors are as in Fig. 2. Color bars to the right of the tree show membership in three different classifications: Peters' (25) (left), Sibley and Monroe's (30) (middle), and Livezey and Zusi's (13) (right). Black text within the bars indicates monophyletic orders in our phylogeny, whereas white text within the bars indicates nonmonophyletic orders. Ordinal name codes: ANS (Anseriformes), APO (Apodiformes), APT (Apterygiformes), ARD (Ardeiformes), BAL (Balaenicipitiformes), BUC (Bucerotiformes), CAP (Caprimulgiformes), CAS (Casuariiformes), CHA (Charadriiformes), CIC (Ciconiiformes), CLM (Columbiformes), COL (Coliiformes), COR (Coraciiformes), CRA (Craciformes), CUC (Cuculiformes), FAL (Falconiformes), GAL (Galliformes), GAV (Gaviiformes), GLB (Galbuliformes), GRU (Gruiformes), MUS (Musophagiformes), OPI (Opisthocomiformes), PAS (Passeriformes), PEL (Pelecaniformes), PIC (Piciformes), POD (Podicipediformes), PRO (Procellariiformes), PSI (Psittaciformes), RAL (Ralliformes), RHE (Rheiformes), SPH (Sphenisciformes), STH (Struthioniformes), STR (Strigiformes), TIN (Tinamiformes), TRC (Trochiliformes), TRO (Trogoniformes), TUR (Turniciformes), and UPU (Upupiformes). Figure 4 from: Hackett, Shannon J. et al. “A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History.” Science 320.5884 (2008) : 1763 -1768. Print. http://www.sciencemag.org/conten t/320/5884/1763 COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.sciencemag.org/conten t/320/5884/1763/F4.large.jpg [2] Description English: Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) in Tree Date July 2005 Source U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Author Hillebrand, Steve PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/6/69/Haliaeetus_leucocepha lus-tree-USFWS.jpg | |
49,000,000 YBN | 515) The Rodents: New World porcupines, guinea pigs, agoutis {uGUTEZ}, and capybaras {KaPuBoRoZ} evolve. |
[1] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p187. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p187. [2] Description English: A North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) rests in a tree in Montreal's BioDome. Date 20 July 2004 Source self-made with a Nikon D70 Author J. Glover CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/8/83/Porcupine-BioDome.jpg | |
40,000,000 YBN | 525) The Primates "New World Monkeys" evolve (the ancestor of the Sakis, Spider, Howler and Squirrel monkeys, Capuchins {KaP YU CiNZ}, and Tamarins). The ancestor of all extant New World monkeys may have reached the Americas from Africa by crossing the early Atlantic Ocean, perhaps on fallen trees over a chain of islands. | Africa |
[1] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p149. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p149. [2] Description English: A critically endangered Brown Spider Monkey, Ateles hybridus, with uncommon blue eyes. Shot in captivity in Barquisimeto, Venezuela Русский: Паукообразная обезьяна Ateles hybridus с редко встречающимися голубыми глазами. Сфотографирована в неволе в Венесуэле. Date September 2008 Source Image:BrownSpiderMonkey.jpg Author http://www.birdphotos.com edit by Fir0002 Permission (Reusing this file) See below. Attribution must appear on same page as photo. CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/d/dc/BrownSpiderMonkey_%28 edit2%29.jpg |
37,000,000 YBN | 442) Dogs evolve. |
[1] Cynodictus from: A history of land mammals in the western hemisphere By William Berryman Scott PD source: https://play.google.com/books/re ader?id=HbAlAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover &output=reader&authuser=0&hl=en&pg=GBS.P A529 [2] Description Hesperocyon gregarius 32 - 30 million years ago; Early Oligocene; Oldest recognized member of the dog family. Date 10 October 2008, 10:42 Source Hesperocyon gregarius (Dog) Uploaded by FunkMonk Author Claire H. from New York City, USA Permission (Reusing this file) CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/5/5f/Hesperocyon_Gregarius .jpg | |
37,000,000 YBN | 475) The Birds: Cuculiformes {KUKUliFORmEZ} evolve (the ancestor of cuckoos, and roadrunners). |
[1] Fig. 4. Our phylogeny differs from and agrees with previous classifications. We merged well-supported (>70% bootstrap values) monophyletic clades at the tips with the same ordinal designation across all three classifications (e.g., 24 species called Passerines). Only higher relationships supported by bootstrap values >50% are shown. Colors are as in Fig. 2. Color bars to the right of the tree show membership in three different classifications: Peters' (25) (left), Sibley and Monroe's (30) (middle), and Livezey and Zusi's (13) (right). Black text within the bars indicates monophyletic orders in our phylogeny, whereas white text within the bars indicates nonmonophyletic orders. Ordinal name codes: ANS (Anseriformes), APO (Apodiformes), APT (Apterygiformes), ARD (Ardeiformes), BAL (Balaenicipitiformes), BUC (Bucerotiformes), CAP (Caprimulgiformes), CAS (Casuariiformes), CHA (Charadriiformes), CIC (Ciconiiformes), CLM (Columbiformes), COL (Coliiformes), COR (Coraciiformes), CRA (Craciformes), CUC (Cuculiformes), FAL (Falconiformes), GAL (Galliformes), GAV (Gaviiformes), GLB (Galbuliformes), GRU (Gruiformes), MUS (Musophagiformes), OPI (Opisthocomiformes), PAS (Passeriformes), PEL (Pelecaniformes), PIC (Piciformes), POD (Podicipediformes), PRO (Procellariiformes), PSI (Psittaciformes), RAL (Ralliformes), RHE (Rheiformes), SPH (Sphenisciformes), STH (Struthioniformes), STR (Strigiformes), TIN (Tinamiformes), TRC (Trochiliformes), TRO (Trogoniformes), TUR (Turniciformes), and UPU (Upupiformes). Figure 4 from: Hackett, Shannon J. et al. “A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History.” Science 320.5884 (2008) : 1763 -1768. Print. http://www.sciencemag.org/conten t/320/5884/1763 COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.sciencemag.org/conten t/320/5884/1763/F4.large.jpg [2] Description English: Common cuckoo Deutsch: Kuckuck Date Source Own work Author Vogelartinfo GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/b/b0/Cuculus_canorus_vogel artinfo_chris_romeiks_CHR0791.jpg | |
34,000,000 YBN | 813) Toothed and Baleen whale lines split. Toothed whales include dolphins, sperm, and killer whales. Baleen whales include blue, humpback, and gray whales. |
[1] Dorudon apparently from Walking With Beasts UNKNOWN source: http://www.makradafish.newmail.r u/WalkingWithBeast/dorudon.jpg [2] Fig. 2. Molecular time scale for the orders of placental mammals based on the 16,397-bp data set and maximum likelihood tree of ref. 14 with an opossum outgroup (data not shown), 13 fossil constraints (Materials and Methods), and a mean prior of 105 mya for the placental root. Ordinal designations are listed above the branches. Orange and green lines denote orders with basal diversification before or after the K/T boundary, respectively. Black lines depict orders for which only one taxon was available. Asterisks denote placental taxa included in the ''K/T body size'' taxon set. The composition of chimeric taxa, including caniform, caviomorph, strepsirrhine, and sirenian, is indicated elsewhere (14). Numbers for internal nodes are cross-referenced in the supporting information. . COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.pnas.org/content/vol1 00/issue3/images/large/pq0334222002.jpeg | |
30,000,000 YBN | 444) Cats evolve. |
[1] Proailurus Wikimedia Commons Proailurus may or may not have been a true feline; some experts place it in the Feloidea family, which includes not only cats, but also hyenas and mongooses. Whatever the case, Proailurus was a relatively small carnivore, only a little bit bigger than a modern tabby. GNU source: http://0.tqn.com/d/dinosaurs/1/0 /e/6/-/-/proailurus.jpg | |
30,000,000 YBN | 520) The Primates: True Lemurs evolve. |
[1] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p168. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p168. [2] Description English: Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) at Berenty Private Reserve in Madagascar Date 4 October 2009 Source Own work Author Alex Dunkel (Visionholder) Permission (Reusing this file) See below. CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/f/f5/Lemur_catta_001.jpg | |
30,000,000 YBN | 6385) The first pigs evolve. |
[1] Description Wild pig (Sus scrofa) stop near the Kennedy Space Center Press Site in the Launch Complex 39 Area on their daily foraging rounds. Not a native in the environment, the pigs are believed to be descendants from those brought to Florida by the early Spanish explorers. Without many predators other than human, the pigs have flourished in the surrounding environs. Date May 2002 Source http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail .cfm?mediaid=9807 Author NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/9/9b/Wild_Pig_KSC02pd0873. jpg [2] en:Pig: sow with piglet de:Hausschwein: Sau mit Ferkel Photo by Scott Bauer. PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/5/59/Sow_with_piglet.jpg | |
25,000,000 YBN | 531) The Primates "Old World Monkeys" evolve (the ancestor of the Macaques, Baboons, Mandrills, Proboscis and Colobus {KoLiBeS} monkeys). | (perhaps around Lake Victoria) Africa |
[1] From: Stewart, Caro-Beth, and Todd R Disotell. “Primate evolution - in and out of Africa.” Current Biology 8.16 (1998) : R582-R588. http://www.sciencedirect.com /science/article/pii/S0960982207003673 Figure 2. A synthetic hypothesis of catarrhine primate evolution. The branching order shown for the living species is well-supported by numerous molecular phylogenetic studies (for example [6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 24 and 25]). We present the dates of divergence calculated by Goodman and colleagues [11], on the understanding that these are still rough estimates and more precise measurements are needed, especially for the Old World monkeys. The fossil species (genus names in italics) were placed on this tree by parsimony analyses of relatively large morphological datasets [4, 11, 14 and 15]. Known dates for fossils [1, 2 and 21] are indicated by the thicker lines; these lines are attached to the tree as determined by the parsimony analyses, although the dates of the attachment points are our best guesses. Species found in Africa are in red and species found in Eurasia are in black. The continental locations of the ancestral lineages were inferred by parsimony using the computer program MacClade [30]. The intercontinental dispersal events required, at a minimum, to explain the distribution of the living and fossil species are indicated by the arrows. COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.sciencedirect.com/sci ence?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VRT-4C4DVM4-D &_user=4422&_handle=V-WA-A-W-WC-MsSAYVW- UUW-U-AAVECYCCBC-AAVDAZZBBC-YCACYAZCV-WC -U&_fmt=full&_coverDate=07%2F30%2F1998&_ rdoc=12&_orig=browse&_srch=%23toc%236243 %231998%23999919983%23494082!&_cdi=6243& view=c&_acct=C000059600&_version=1&_urlV ersion=0&_userid=4422&md5=5558415c4ccd34 6c64e2e6be03c3865e [2] Description Colobus angolensis monkey Date 13 June 2007, 13:13 Source Angola Colobus Monkey #6 Author Ryan E. Poplin CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/5/5a/Colobus_angolensis.jp g |
25,000,000 YBN | 6386) The first deer evolves. |
[1] White-tailed deer in Toronto, Canada PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/en/c/c2/White-tail_deer.jpg [2] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p200. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p200. | |
24,000,000 YBN | 662) The ancestor of all Hominoids (Gibbons and Hominids) loses its tail. |
[1] From: Stewart, Caro-Beth, and Todd R Disotell. “Primate evolution - in and out of Africa.” Current Biology 8.16 (1998) : R582-R588. http://www.sciencedirect.com /science/article/pii/S0960982207003673 Figure 2. A synthetic hypothesis of catarrhine primate evolution. The branching order shown for the living species is well-supported by numerous molecular phylogenetic studies (for example [6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 24 and 25]). We present the dates of divergence calculated by Goodman and colleagues [11], on the understanding that these are still rough estimates and more precise measurements are needed, especially for the Old World monkeys. The fossil species (genus names in italics) were placed on this tree by parsimony analyses of relatively large morphological datasets [4, 11, 14 and 15]. Known dates for fossils [1, 2 and 21] are indicated by the thicker lines; these lines are attached to the tree as determined by the parsimony analyses, although the dates of the attachment points are our best guesses. Species found in Africa are in red and species found in Eurasia are in black. The continental locations of the ancestral lineages were inferred by parsimony using the computer program MacClade [30]. The intercontinental dispersal events required, at a minimum, to explain the distribution of the living and fossil species are indicated by the arrows. COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.sciencedirect.com/sci ence?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VRT-4C4DVM4-D &_user=4422&_handle=V-WA-A-W-WC-MsSAYVW- UUW-U-AAVECYCCBC-AAVDAZZBBC-YCACYAZCV-WC -U&_fmt=full&_coverDate=07%2F30%2F1998&_ rdoc=12&_orig=browse&_srch=%23toc%236243 %231998%23999919983%23494082!&_cdi=6243& view=c&_acct=C000059600&_version=1&_urlV ersion=0&_userid=4422&md5=5558415c4ccd34 6c64e2e6be03c3865e [2] Gregoire: 62-year-old chimpanzee Description English: Chimpanzee named ''Gregoire'' born in 1944 (Jane Goodall sanctuary of Tchimpounga in Congo Brazzaville) - Picture taken the 9th of December 2006 Français : Chimpanzé nommé ''Grégoire'' né en 1944 (sanctuaire Jane Goodall de Tchimpounga au Congo Brazzaville) - Photo prise le 9 décembre 2006 Date 9 December 2006 Source Own work Author Delphine Bruyère Permission (Reusing this file) Attribution : Delphine Bruyere GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/b/ba/2006-12-09_Chimpanzee _Gregoire_D_Bruyere.JPG | |
23,000,000 YBN | 478) The Monotreme: Echidna evolves. | Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea |
[1] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), 239. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), 239. [2] The echidna is one of a handful of mammals to give birth to its offspring by laying eggs. GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/3/3b/Long-beakedEchidna.jp g |
23,000,000 YBN | 479) The Monotreme: Duck-Billed Platypus evolves. | Australia and Tasmania |
[1] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), 239. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), 239. [2] Description Description Swiming Platypus * Photographer Peter Scheunis * Source self-made Date September 2004 Location Broken River-Queensland-Australia Date 2010-01-18 03:46 (UTC) Source Platypus_BrokenRiver_QLD_Australia.jpg Author Platypus_BrokenRiver_QLD_Australia.jpg: Peterdvv derivative work: Bobisbob (talk) CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/1/12/Platypus_BrokenRiver_ QLD_Australia2.png |
22,000,000 YBN | 559) The Hominoid Proconsul evolves in East Africa. |
[1] Figure 2. A synthetic hypothesis of catarrhine primate evolution. The branching order shown for the living species is well-supported by numerous molecular phylogenetic studies (for example [6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 24 and 25]). We present the dates of divergence calculated by Goodman and colleagues [11], on the understanding that these are still rough estimates and more precise measurements are needed, especially for the Old World monkeys. The fossil species (genus names in italics) were placed on this tree by parsimony analyses of relatively large morphological datasets [4, 11, 14 and 15]. Known dates for fossils [1, 2 and 21] are indicated by the thicker lines; these lines are attached to the tree as determined by the parsimony analyses, although the dates of the attachment points are our best guesses. Species found in Africa are in red and species found in Eurasia are in black. The continental locations of the ancestral lineages were inferred by parsimony using the computer program MacClade [30]. The intercontinental dispersal events required, at a minimum, to explain the distribution of the living and fossil species are indicated by the arrows. COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.sciencedirect.com/sci ence?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VRT-4C4DVM4-D &_user=4422&_handle=V-WA-A-W-WC-MsSAYVW- UUW-U-AAVECYCCBC-AAVDAZZBBC-YCACYAZCV-WC -U&_fmt=full&_coverDate=07%2F30%2F1998&_ rdoc=12&_orig=browse&_srch=%23toc%236243 %231998%23999919983%23494082!&_cdi=6243& view=c&_acct=C000059600&_version=1&_urlV ersion=0&_userid=4422&md5=5558415c4ccd34 6c64e2e6be03c3865e [2] Proconsul COPYRIGHTED EDU source: http://www.andromeda.rutgers.edu /~biosci/RutgersHumanEcology/Proconsul.j pg | |
18,000,000 YBN | 537) The Hominoids: Gibbons evolve in South-east Asia. | South-East Asia |
[1] Figure 2. A synthetic hypothesis of catarrhine primate evolution. The branching order shown for the living species is well-supported by numerous molecular phylogenetic studies (for example [6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 24 and 25]). We present the dates of divergence calculated by Goodman and colleagues [11], on the understanding that these are still rough estimates and more precise measurements are needed, especially for the Old World monkeys. The fossil species (genus names in italics) were placed on this tree by parsimony analyses of relatively large morphological datasets [4, 11, 14 and 15]. Known dates for fossils [1, 2 and 21] are indicated by the thicker lines; these lines are attached to the tree as determined by the parsimony analyses, although the dates of the attachment points are our best guesses. Species found in Africa are in red and species found in Eurasia are in black. The continental locations of the ancestral lineages were inferred by parsimony using the computer program MacClade [30]. The intercontinental dispersal events required, at a minimum, to explain the distribution of the living and fossil species are indicated by the arrows. COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.sciencedirect.com/sci ence?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VRT-4C4DVM4-D &_user=4422&_handle=V-WA-A-W-WC-MsSAYVW- UUW-U-AAVECYCCBC-AAVDAZZBBC-YCACYAZCV-WC -U&_fmt=full&_coverDate=07%2F30%2F1998&_ rdoc=12&_orig=browse&_srch=%23toc%236243 %231998%23999919983%23494082!&_cdi=6243& view=c&_acct=C000059600&_version=1&_urlV ersion=0&_userid=4422&md5=5558415c4ccd34 6c64e2e6be03c3865e [2] Description Deutsch: Weißhandgibbons Date 25 May 2006 Source Own work Author User:MatthiasKabel GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/3/38/Hylobates_lar_pair_of _white_and_black_01.jpg |
15,000,000 YBN | 6388) The first Kangeroos evolve. | Australia |
[1] Description English: Agile Wallaby Latina: Macropus agilis Nederlands: Zandwallabie Deutsch: Flinkwallaby Date November 2004 Source Own work Author User:Nino Barbieri GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/2/26/Macropus_agilis_-_02. jpg [2] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p231. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p231. |
15,000,000 YBN | 6389) The first bovids {BOViDZ} evolve (hollow-horned ruminants: oxen, antelopes, sheep, cattle, and goats). |
[1] Description Slender-horned gazelle, at the Cincinnati Zoo Date 10 November 2007 Source Own work Author FisherQueen GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Slender-horned_ gazelle_%28Cincinnati_Zoo%29.jpg/1280px- Slender-horned_gazelle_%28Cincinnati_Zoo %29.jpg [2] Español: Antílope sable Sable Antelope (Bull), photo taken and submitted by Paul Maritz (paulmaz). Photo taken near Kafue River in Zambia, 2004 GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Sable_bull.jpg/ 1186px-Sable_bull.jpg | |
14,000,000 YBN | 542) The earliest extant Hominids: Orangutans evolve in South-East Asia. | South-East Asia |
[1] From: Stewart, Caro-Beth, and Todd R Disotell. “Primate evolution - in and out of Africa.” Current Biology 8.16 (1998) : R582-R588. http://www.sciencedirect.com /science/article/pii/S0960982207003673 Figure 2. A synthetic hypothesis of catarrhine primate evolution. The branching order shown for the living species is well-supported by numerous molecular phylogenetic studies (for example [6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 24 and 25]). We present the dates of divergence calculated by Goodman and colleagues [11], on the understanding that these are still rough estimates and more precise measurements are needed, especially for the Old World monkeys. The fossil species (genus names in italics) were placed on this tree by parsimony analyses of relatively large morphological datasets [4, 11, 14 and 15]. Known dates for fossils [1, 2 and 21] are indicated by the thicker lines; these lines are attached to the tree as determined by the parsimony analyses, although the dates of the attachment points are our best guesses. Species found in Africa are in red and species found in Eurasia are in black. The continental locations of the ancestral lineages were inferred by parsimony using the computer program MacClade [30]. The intercontinental dispersal events required, at a minimum, to explain the distribution of the living and fossil species are indicated by the arrows. COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.sciencedirect.com/sci ence?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VRT-4C4DVM4-D &_user=4422&_handle=V-WA-A-W-WC-MsSAYVW- UUW-U-AAVECYCCBC-AAVDAZZBBC-YCACYAZCV-WC -U&_fmt=full&_coverDate=07%2F30%2F1998&_ rdoc=12&_orig=browse&_srch=%23toc%236243 %231998%23999919983%23494082!&_cdi=6243& view=c&_acct=C000059600&_version=1&_urlV ersion=0&_userid=4422&md5=5558415c4ccd34 6c64e2e6be03c3865e [2] Taken from Wikipedia. Same name. ''Orangutan image taken by Tom Low at Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting, Kalimantan, Indonesia (2003).'' PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/0/0b/Orangutan.jpg |
10,000,000 YBN | 543) The Hominids: Gorillas evolve in Africa. | Africa |
[1] From: Stewart, Caro-Beth, and Todd R Disotell. “Primate evolution - in and out of Africa.” Current Biology 8.16 (1998) : R582-R588. http://www.sciencedirect.com /science/article/pii/S0960982207003673 Figure 2. A synthetic hypothesis of catarrhine primate evolution. The branching order shown for the living species is well-supported by numerous molecular phylogenetic studies (for example [6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 24 and 25]). We present the dates of divergence calculated by Goodman and colleagues [11], on the understanding that these are still rough estimates and more precise measurements are needed, especially for the Old World monkeys. The fossil species (genus names in italics) were placed on this tree by parsimony analyses of relatively large morphological datasets [4, 11, 14 and 15]. Known dates for fossils [1, 2 and 21] are indicated by the thicker lines; these lines are attached to the tree as determined by the parsimony analyses, although the dates of the attachment points are our best guesses. Species found in Africa are in red and species found in Eurasia are in black. The continental locations of the ancestral lineages were inferred by parsimony using the computer program MacClade [30]. The intercontinental dispersal events required, at a minimum, to explain the distribution of the living and fossil species are indicated by the arrows. COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.sciencedirect.com/sci ence?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VRT-4C4DVM4-D &_user=4422&_handle=V-WA-A-W-WC-MsSAYVW- UUW-U-AAVECYCCBC-AAVDAZZBBC-YCACYAZCV-WC -U&_fmt=full&_coverDate=07%2F30%2F1998&_ rdoc=12&_orig=browse&_srch=%23toc%236243 %231998%23999919983%23494082!&_cdi=6243& view=c&_acct=C000059600&_version=1&_urlV ersion=0&_userid=4422&md5=5558415c4ccd34 6c64e2e6be03c3865e [2] Description English: Male silverback w:Gorilla, Gorilla gorilla in SF zoo Date Source Own work Author Mila Zinkova Permission (Reusing this file) See below. CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/5/50/Male_gorilla_in_SF_zo o.jpg |
6,000,000 YBN | 544) The Hominids: Chimpanzees evolve in Africa. This is the last common ancestor of chimpanzees and humans. | Africa |
[1] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p106. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p106. [2] Gregoire: 62-year-old chimpanzee Description English: Chimpanzee named ''Gregoire'' born in 1944 (Jane Goodall sanctuary of Tchimpounga in Congo Brazzaville) - Picture taken the 9th of December 2006 Français : Chimpanzé nommé ''Grégoire'' né en 1944 (sanctuaire Jane Goodall de Tchimpounga au Congo Brazzaville) - Photo prise le 9 décembre 2006 Date 9 December 2006 Source Own work Author Delphine Bruyère Permission (Reusing this file) Attribution : Delphine Bruyere GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/b/ba/2006-12-09_Chimpanzee _Gregoire_D_Bruyere.JPG |
4,400,000 YBN | 546) The Hominid: Ardipithecus evolves. The earliest bipedal primate. | Lukeino Formation, Tugen Hills, Kenya, Africa |
[1] Fig. 1. Orrorin tugenensis nov. gen. nov. sp. A: BAR 1002′00, left femur, posterior view; B: BAR 1002′00, left femur, anterior view; C: BAR 1000′00, right mandibular fragment with M3, buccal view; D: BAR 1000′00, left mandibular fragment with M2–3, lingual view; E: BAR 1000′00, left mandibular fragment with M2–3, occlusal view; F: BAR 1900′00, right M3, occlusal view; G: BAR 1390′00, right P4, distal view; H: BAR 1001′00, upper I1, labial view; I: BAR 1425′00, right Image , lingual view; J: BAR 1004′00, right distal humerus, posterior view; K: BAR 1003′00, proximal left femur, anterior view; L: BAR 349′00, manual proximal phalanx, superior view; M: BAR 1426′00, left M3, distal view; N: BAR 1215′00, fragmentary right proximal femur, posterior view. Scale bars = 1 cm.Orrorin tugenensis nov. gen. nov. sp. A : BAR 1002′00, fémur gauche, vue postérieure ; B : BAR 1002′00, fémur gauche, vue antérieure ; C : BAR 1000′00, fragment mandibulaire droit avec M3, vue buccale ; D : BAR 1000′00, fragment mandibulaire gauche avec M2–3, vue linguale ; E : BAR 1000′00, fragment mandibulaire gauche avec M2–3, vue occlusale ; F : BAR 1900′00, M3 droite, vue occlusale ; G : BAR 1390′00, P4 droite, vue distale ; H : BAR 1001′00, I1, vue labiale ; I : BAR 1425′00, Image droite, vue linguale ; J : BAR 1004′00, humérus distal droit, vue postérieure ; K : BAR 1003′00, fémur proximal gauche, vue antérieure ; L : BAR 349′00, phalange proximale de la main, vue supérieure ; M : BAR 1426′00, M3 gauche, vue distale ; N : BAR 1215′00, fémur proximal fragmentaire, vue postérieure. Chaque barre équivaut à 1 cm. COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.sciencedirect.com/cac he/MiamiImageURL/B6VJ3-42FS9XV-9-1/0?wch p=dGLzVlz-zSkzS [2] Description Ardipithecus ramidus specimen, nicknamed ?Ardi?. After Gen Suwa, Berhane Asfaw, Reiko T. Kono, Daisuke Kubo, C. Owen Lovejoy, Tim D. White (2009): ''The Ardipithecus ramidus Skull and Its Implications for Hominid Origins.'' Science, 2 October 2009: Vol. 326. no. 5949, pp. 68e1-68e7, Fig. 2 Date 14 November 2009, 16:50 Source Zanclean skull Uploaded by FunkMonk Author T. Michael Keesey Permission (Reusing this file) CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/e/e1/Ardi.jpg |
4,000,000 YBN | 547) The Hominid: Australopithecus (x-STrA-lO-PitiKuS} evolves. | Sterkfontein, South Africa |
[1] Australopithecus squinted at the blue African sky. He had never seen a star in broad daylight before, but he could see one today. White. Piercing. Not as bright as the Sun, yet much more than a full moon. Was it dangerous? He stared for a long time, puzzled, but nothing happened, and after a while he strode across the savanna unconcerned. Millions of years later, we know better. ''That star was a supernova, one of many that exploded in our part of the galaxy during the past 10 million years,'' says astronomer Mark Hurwitz of the University of California-Berkeley. Right: Human ancestors, unconcerned by odd lights in the daytime sky. This image is based on a painting featured in The Economist. PD source: http://science.nasa.gov/headline s/y2003/06jan_bubble.htm?list847478 [2] Image Source * http://www.familie-rebmann.de/photo11.ht m COPYRIGHTED CLAIMED FAIR USE source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Laetoliafar.jpg.jpg |
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3,390,000 YBN | 269) Hominids use stones as tools. | Dikika, Ethiopia |
[1] a, The exterior surface of DIK-55-2, and the location of each of the surface marks. The rib is oriented such that the rib head (broken off) would be to the left. Dashed rule, 4 cm. b, Marks A1 and A2 (high-confidence stone-tool cut marks) under low-power optical magnification; the yellow rectangle demarcates c. Scale bar, 5 mm. c, ESEM image showing microstriations indicative of cutting with a stone tool. Scale bar, 100 μm. d, Mark B (high-confidence stone-tool-inflicted mark) under low-power optical magnification, indicative of a cutting and scraping action or percussion; the yellow rectangle demarcates e. Scale bar, 5 mm. e, ESEM image showing microstriations indicative of stone tool action. Scale bar, 500 μm. b–e, The direction of the rib head is indicated by the black arrows. See Supplementary Information for the details of mark C. COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.nature.com/nature/jou rnal/v466/n7308/images/nature09248-f2.2. jpg |
3,000,000 YBN | 446) North and South America connect. |
[1] Present Day NONCOMMERCIAL source: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/000 _present_3globes.jpg | |
2,700,000 YBN | 564) The Hominid: Paranthropus {Pa raN tru PuS} evolves; a line of extinct early bipedal hominids. | Africa |
[1] Description Deutsch: plastische wissenschaftliche Rekonstruktion eines Paranthropus boisei English: scientiffic reconstruction of a Paranthropus boisei Date 25 March 2007 Source Photographed at Westfälisches Museum für Archäologie, Herne Author Photographed by User:Lillyundfreya Permission (Reusing this file) own work GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/6/6c/Paranthropus_boisei.J PG [2] Skull of Paranthropus boisei. From Smithsonian Institute website. COPYRIGHTED CLAIMED FAIR USE source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Zinj3.jpg |
2,500,000 YBN | 455) The oldest formed stone tools. The start of the Paleolithic or "Old Stone Age". | Gona, Ethiopia |
[1] Figure 3 from: Semaw, S. et al. 2.5-million-year-old stone tools from Gona, Ethiopia. Nature 385, 333–336 (1997) http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v 385/n6614/abs/385333a0.html COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.nature.com/nature/jou rnal/v385/n6614/abs/385333a0.html [2] Early man lived on elephant meat, so much they died out in the Middle East 400,000 years ago Submitted by Anonymous on Wed Dec 14 2011 17:23:00 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time) - Source: dailymail.co.uk Docile, lumbering elephants were so perfect for Homo erectus, that they provided up to 60 per cent of their diet - until constant hunting wiped out elephants in the Middle East. The disappearance of elephants helped kill off Homo erectus, and paved the way for Homo sapiens - modern humans - to take over. Findings from the University of Tel Aviv reveal how important the huge animals were to the diet of early humans - researchers that elephants provided 60 per cent of the meat eaten by Homo erectus. UNKNOWN source: http://i4.asntown.net/Mastodon-t vfm.jpg |
2,200,000 YBN | 447) The first humans. The Hominid: Homo habilis evolves (the earliest member of the genus "Homo"). This is when the human brain begins to get bigger. | (Kenya and Tanzania) Africa |
[1] KNM ER 1813 Homo habilis This image is from the website of the Smithsonian Institution [1] and may be copyrighted. The Smithsonian Institution explicitly considers the use of its content for non-commercial educational purposes to qualify as fair use under United States copyright law, if: 1. The author and source of the content is clearly cited. 2. Any additional copyright information about the photograph from the Smithsonian Institution website is included. 3. None of the content is modified or altered. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:KNM_ER_1813.jpg [2] red= Homo rudolfensis black=Homo habilis COPYRIGHTED source: http://sesha.net/eden/Eerste_men sen.asp |
2,000,000 YBN | 545) The Hominids: Bonobos {BunOBOZ} evolve. | Africa |
[1] From: Richard Dawkins, ''The Ancestor's Tale'', (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p106. COPYRIGHTED source: Richard Dawkins, "The Ancestor's Tale", (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), p106. [2] Gregoire: 62-year-old chimpanzee Description English: Chimpanzee named ''Gregoire'' born in 1944 (Jane Goodall sanctuary of Tchimpounga in Congo Brazzaville) - Picture taken the 9th of December 2006 Français : Chimpanzé nommé ''Grégoire'' né en 1944 (sanctuaire Jane Goodall de Tchimpounga au Congo Brazzaville) - Photo prise le 9 décembre 2006 Date 9 December 2006 Source Own work Author Delphine Bruyère Permission (Reusing this file) Attribution : Delphine Bruyere GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/b/ba/2006-12-09_Chimpanzee _Gregoire_D_Bruyere.JPG |
1,800,000 YBN | 130) The end of the Tertiary {TRsEARE} (65-1.8 mybn), and start of the Quaternary {KWoTRnARE or KWoTRNRE} (1.8 mybn-now) Period. |
[1] Geologic Time Scale 2009 UNKNOWN source: http://www.geosociety.org/scienc e/timescale/timescl.pdf [2] 000 Ma - Present Time UNKNOWN source: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/000 _present_3globes.jpg | |
1,800,000 YBN | 563) Homo erectus {hOmO ireKTuS} evolves in Africa. | Lake Turkana, East Africa |
[1] Homo ergaster. Capacité crânienne de 800 à 950 cm3 COPYRIGHTED source: http://ma.prehistoire.free.fr/er gaster.htm [2] Turkana Boy COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.anthropology.at/virta nth/evo_links/turkana%20boy.jpg |
1,700,000 YBN | 449) Homo erectus moves into Eurasia from Africa. |
[1] G. Philip Rightmire, ''The Dispersal of Homo erectus from Africa and the Emergence of More Modern Humans'', Journal of Anthropological Research, Vol. 47, No. 2, A Quarter Century of Paleoanthropology: Views from the U.S.A. (Summer, 1991), pp. 177-191 Published by: University of New Mexico Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3630324 COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3630 324 [2] All statistically significant inferences in Tables 1 and 2 are incorporated into this single model. Major expansions of human populations are indicated by red arrows. Genetic descent is indicated by vertical lines, and gene flow by diagonal lines. The timing of inferences lacking resolution at the 5% level and/or not validated by more than one locus are indicated by question marks. COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.nature.com/nature/jou rnal/v416/n6876/images/416045a-f1.2.jpg | |
1,500,000 YBN | 583) The controlled use of fire by Hominids. | (Swartkrans cave) Swartkrans, South Africa |
[1] Description English: A fire lit using twigs and pine cones. Date 2008-03-27 (original upload date) (Original text : 10:58, 27 March 2008 (UTC)) Source Transferred from en.wikipedia (Original text : http://waxingnonsensical.blogspot.com) Author Original uploader was Emeldil at en.wikipedia (Original text : Pavan Srinath) Permission (Reusing this file) CC-BY-SA-3.0. CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Campfire_Pineco ne.png/450px-Campfire_Pinecone.png [2] Swartkrans Caves For any picture requests, please email: marketing@maropeng.co.za All photos should be credited (© Maropeng), unless otherwise stated in the caption. UNKNOWN source: http://maropeng.flowcommunicatio .netdna-cdn.com/images/sized/images/medi agallery/IMG_7223-600x450.JPG |
1,000,000 YBN | 589) Homo erectus evolves far less body hair, except on the head, face, airpit, chest, and groin. |
[1] escription English: A diorama in National Museum of Indonesia, Jakarta, depicting the life size model of stone equipped hunter, a Homo erectus family living in Sangiran about 900,000 years ago. Bahasa Indonesia: Sebuah diorama di Museum Nasional Indonesia di Jakarta menampilkan adegan pemburu dengan alat-alat batu, sebuah keluarga Homo erectus yang hidup di Sangiran sekitar 900.000 tahun yang lalu. Date 24 August 2010 Source Own work Author Gunkarta Gunawan Kartapranata CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Sangiran_Homo_e rectus_Diorama.jpg/1280px-Sangiran_Homo_ erectus_Diorama.jpg | |
970,000 YBN | 200) Humans wear clothing. | Happisburgh, Norfolk, UK |
[1] Homo erectus, artwork C010/4389 Rights Managed Credit: JOSE ANTONIO PEÑAS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Caption: Homo erectus. Computer artwork of a Homo erectus man standing in a prehistoric landscape. Homo erectus is the most widespread and longest-surviving of all the fossil hominids. Its geographical spread included north and east Africa, Europe, Indonesia and China, where it lived between 1 and 2 million years ago. Release details: Model and property releases are not available UNKNOWN source: http://www.sciencephoto.com/imag e/417426/large/C0104389-Homo_erectus,_ar twork-SPL.jpg [2] Flint artefacts include hard-hammer flakes, notches, retouched flakes and cores (a–c, hard-hammer flake; d, e, multiple notch; f, hard-hammer flake; g, h, hard-hammer flake, showing pronounced point of percussion on plain butt). Supplementary Information includes micro-CT volume rendering of artefacts (still example shown as a) with three-dimensional animations (see Supplementary Movies 1–10). i, Cone of Pinus cf. sylvestris. j, Upper second molar of Mammuthus cf. meridionalis. COPYRIGHTED source: http://nature.com/nature/journal /v466/n7303/images/nature09117-f2.2.jpg |
400,000 YBN | 615) The earliest evidence of spears. | Kathu Pan 1, South Africa|(Schöningen, Germany.) |
[1] (Photo : Jayne Wilkins) Replicas of the 500,000-year-old stone points from Kathu Pan 1 were hafted onto wooden dowels with acacia resin and sinew, and plunged into antelope carcasses Read more at http://www.latinospost.com/articles/6938 /20121115/oldest-stone-spear-tips-found- came-200.htm#irhScS4kokLTYQJp.99 UNKNOW N source: http://images.latinospost.com/da ta/images/full/8174/early-hafted-spears. jpg?w=600 [2] Fig. 2 (A and B) Distal step-terminating bending fractures on ventral surfaces of complete nonretouched convergent blades, banded ironstone. (C) Distal impact burination on ventral surface of a complete nonretouched convergent flake, banded ironstone. (D) Distal impact burination on ventral surface of complete nonretouched convergent blade, banded ironstone. (E) Comparison of DIF frequencies (95% confidence intervals) at Holocene kill and habitation sites with well-established weapon tips (11, 27, 28, 36), experimental weapon tip studies (10, 27, 37–40), trampling experiments (32, 41), and KP1. Wilkins, Jayne et al. “Evidence for Early Hafted Hunting Technology.” Science 338.6109 (2012): 942–946. http://www.sciencemag.org/co ntent/338/6109/942 COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.sciencemag.org/conten t/338/6109/942 |
302,000 YBN | 6517) There are 1 million humans on Earth, all hunter-gathering people. |
[1] Parker, G. Compact History of the World. Barnes & Noble, 2001, p17. COPYRIGHTED source: Parker, G. Compact History of the World. Barnes & Noble, 2001, p17. | |
200,000 YBN | 548) Homo sapiens evolve in Africa. | Ethiopia, Africa |
[1] Figure from: Day, M. H. ''Omo human skeletal remains.'' Nature 222, 1135–1138 (1969) http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v 222/n5199/pdf/2221135a0.pdf COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.nature.com/nature/jou rnal/v222/n5199/pdf/2221135a0.pdf [2] Figure 1 from: Tim D. White, Berhane Asfaw, David DeGusta, Henry Gilbert, Gary D. Richards, Gen Suwa & F. Clark Howell, ''Pleistocene Homo sapiens from Middle Awash, Ethiopia'', Nature 423, 742-747 (12 June 2003) http://www.nature.com/nature/jour nal/v423/n6941/full/nature01669.html CO PYRIGHTED source: http://www.nature.com/nature/jou rnal/v423/n6941/images/nature01669-f1.2. jpg |
200,000 YBN | 590) The Human language of thirty short sounds begins to develop. All words are single syllable. This is the beginning of the transition from the verbal language of chimpanzees and monkeys, to the language humans use now, which has shorter sound duration and a larger number of sounds. |
[1] EARLY HUMANS SETTLED IN BRITAIN 800,000 YEARS AGO July 7, 2010 -- During the harsh winters, early humans almost certainly relied on hunting animals, as edible plants would have been in very short supply, the study says. UNKNOWN source: http://news.discovery.com/archae ology/2010/07/07/early-humans-zoom.jpg [2] Phonetic Alphabet Symbols used by Ted Huntington PD source: http://tedhuntington.com/fonikal f.jpg | |
130,000 YBN | 450) Homo Neanderthalensis evolves in Europe and Western Asia. | Europe and Western Asia |
[1] Description Deutsch: Rekonstruierter Neandertaler im Neanderthal-Museum Date 2007 Source Own work Author Ökologix Permission (Reusing this file) See below. PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Neandertaler-im -Museum.jpg/1024px-Neandertaler-im-Museu m.jpg [2] Description English: Homo neanderthalensis. Skull discovered in 1908 at La Chapelle-aux-Saints (France). Date October 2005 Source Own work Author Luna04 GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/e/e0/Homo_sapiens_neandert halensis.jpg |
120,000 YBN | 572) The start of the Wurm glaciation, which connects a land bridge between Asia and America. |
[1] Description English: Ice age Earth at glacial maximum. Based on: ''Ice age terrestrial carbon changes revisited'' by Thomas J. Crowley (Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Vol. 9, 1995, pp. 377-389 Date 30 January 2010 Source Own work Author Ittiz CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/IceAgeEarth.jpg /1024px-IceAgeEarth.jpg | |
101,000 YBN [99000 BC] | 594) Homo sapiens move out of Africa into Eurasia. This is the beginning of differences in race within the human species. |
[1] The northern route (along the Danube) is represented by the 'classic' Aurignacian technologies, while the southern (Mediterranean) route is represented by the 'proto-Aurignacian' bladelet technologies (Fig. 3)-with their inferred origins in the preceding early Upper Palaeolithic technologies in the Near East and southeastern Europe. Dates (in thousands of years bp) indicate the earliest radiocarbon dates for these technologies in different areas, expressed in thousands of radiocarbon years before present (bp). (These are likely to underestimate the true (calendar) ages of the sites by between 2,000 and 4,000 yr; see ref. 32). Dashed lines indicate uncertain routes. COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.nature.com/nature/jou rnal/v432/n7016/fig_tab/nature03103_F1.h tml [2] The figure shows the geographical and temporal distribution of hominid populations, based on fossil finds, using different taxonomic schemes. The new finds from Herto4, 5 (H) represent early Homo sapiens. a, This reflects the view that both Neanderthals and modern humans derived from a widespread ancestral species called H. heidelbergensis2. b, However, evidence is growing that Neanderthal features have deep roots in Europe2, 8, so H. neanderthalensis might extend back over 400,000 years. The roots of H. sapiens might be similarly deep in Africa, but this figure represents the alternative view that the ancestor was a separate African species called H. rhodesiensis. Different views of early human evolution are also shown. Some workers prefer to lump the earlier records together and recognize only one widespread species, H. erectus2 (shown in a). Others recognize several species, with H. ergaster and H. antecessor (or H. mauritanicus) in the West, and H. erectus only in the Far East8 (shown in b). Adapted with permission from refs 8, 11. 8. Hublin, J.-J in Human Roots: Africa and Asia in the Middle Pleistocene (eds Barham, L. & Robson-Brown, K.) 99-121 (Western Academic & Specialist Press, Bristol, 2001). 11. Rightmire, G. P. in Human Roots: Africa and Asia in the Middle Pleistocene (eds Barham, L. & Robson-Brown, K.) 123-133 (Western Academic & Specialist Press, Bristol, 2001). COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.nature.com/nature/jou rnal/v423/n6941/fig_tab/423692a_F1.html | |
100,000 YBN [98000 BC] | 257) The oldest Homo sapiens skull outside of Africa; in Israel. | (Skhul Cave) Mount Carmel, Israel |
[1] Индекс: Кафзех 9 (Qafzeh IX) Место находки: Qafzeh Cave, Israel Найден: B. Vandermeersch, 1969 Предполагаемый возраст находки: 90–115 тыс. лет Разновидность: Homo sapiens Объем мозга: 1500 см3 Примечания: Женщина была захоронена вместе с маленьким ребенком. Автор: Sasha на 15:13 UNKNOWN source: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-atwty2 hbM9Y/TxIL8eshIkI/AAAAAAAAGG4/KNd7DfaWco s/s1600/qafzeh_9_big.jpg [2] Figure 2: Three-quarter view of the Mousterian cranium Qafzeh 9 from Jebel Qafzeh in Israel, about 92,000 years old. Photo: Tsila Sagiv/IDAM. COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.metmuseum.org/special /Genesis/tattersall_lecture.asp?printFla g=1&refPage=1 |
100,000 YBN [98000 BC] | 597) The earliest human burial, Skhul {SKuL?} cave in Israel. | (es-Skhul cave) Mount Carmel, Israel |
[1] {ULSF: Skhul IV from Mugharet Es-Skhul, corresponds to images in pages between p112 and p113 Garrod, ''The Stone Age of Mount Carmel excavations at the Wady-el-Mughara'',1937} Reconstructio n of the burial of Skhul 4 , a strongly-built, ''early modern'' human. (photograph from Stringer C.S. et al., 1994) UNKNOWN source: http://indiaeng.com/Tsunami-2004 --Andaman%20fault/Toba%20Volcano,%20ch_5 %20-%20Human%20evolution_files/mht1055(1 ).TMP [2] [t Note that this may not be the actual 100,000 year burial.] This is a burial site of a Homo sapiens neaderthalensis young adult male who lived about 50,000 years ago. The burial site was found in the Kebara cave in Israel. UKNOWN source: http://www.mitchellteachers.net/ WorldHistory/MrMEarlyHumansProject/Trans parencies/NeanderthalensisTrans.jpg |
100,000 YBN [98000 BC] | 6333) The theory that Gods control the universe. | (Es-Skhul) Mount Carmel, Israel |
[1] {ULSF: Skhul IV from Mugharet Es-Skhul, corresponds to images in pages between p112 and p113 Garrod, ''The Stone Age of Mount Carmel excavations at the Wady-el-Mughara'',1937} Reconstructio n of the burial of Skhul 4 , a strongly-built, ''early modern'' human. (photograph from Stringer C.S. et al., 1994) UNKNOWN source: http://indiaeng.com/Tsunami-2004 --Andaman%20fault/Toba%20Volcano,%20ch_5 %20-%20Human%20evolution_files/mht1055(1 ).TMP [2] The following is taken from James Shreeve's book The Neandertal Enigma: solving the mystery of modern human origins (William Morrow and Company, New York, 1995.) UNKNOWN source: http://www.mesacc.edu/dept/d10/a sb/origins/hominid_journey/pictures/buri al.jpeg |
61,000 YBN [59000 BC] | 614) Humans use a bow and arrows. | Sibudu Cave, South Africa |
[1] Lucinda Backwella, Francesco d'Erricob and Lyn Wadley (june 2008). ''Middle Stone Age bone tools from the Howiesons Poort layers, Sibudu Cave, South Africa''. ScienceDirect. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a rticle/pii/S0305440307002142 COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.sciencedirect.com/sci ence/article/pii/S0305440307002142 [2] Objects found in the archaeological site called Border Cave include a) a wooden digging stick; b) a wooden poison applicator; c) a bone arrow point decorated with a spiral incision filled with red pigment; d) a bone object with four sets of notches; e) a lump of beeswax; and f) ostrich eggshell beads and marine shell beads used as personal ornaments. (Francesco d'Errico and Lucinda Backwell / July 30, 2012) COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.trbimg.com/img-5016e6 83/turbine/la-sci-sn-modern-culture-afri ca-20120730-001/600 |
53,300 YBN [51300 BC] | 557) Homo Erectus goes extinct. | Ngandong, Indonesia |
[1] homo erectus cranium COPYRIGHTED source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/en/a/ad/Ng6f.jpg [2] [t Note that this skull is from Junniushan and is 280,000 years old] Chang, P.K.C. et al. The Formation of Chinese Civilization: An Archaeological Perspective. Yale University Press, 2005. The Culture and Civilization of China Series. p206. http://books.google.com/books?id= sP-PN2StH2cC COPYRIGHTED source: Chang, P.K.C. et al. The Formation of Chinese Civilization: An Archaeological Perspective. Yale University Press, 2005. The Culture and Civilization of China Series. p206. http://books.google.com/books?id= sP-PN2StH2cC |
50,000 YBN [48000 BC] | 6399) The start of the mass extinction of large mammals due in part to human impact. |
[1] Description Glyptodon Date 1920 (probably) Source The Wonderful Paleo Art of Heinrich Harder Author Heinrich Harder (1858-1935) PD AND Smilodon, Sabertooth Tiger Source: Painting; Smilodon from the American Museum of Natural History. By: Charles R. Knight Status: Public Domain in the USA* PD AND Description Wooly mammoths near the Somme River, AMNH mural. Date 1916 Source http://io9.com/5891441/celebrating-char les-r-knight-the-artist-who-first-brough t-dinosaurs-and-megafauna-to-life Autho r Charles R. Knight PD AND Description English: (Rusty, the giant ground sloth, at the Iowa Museum of Natural History, University of Iowa. Based on Megalonyx jeffersonii.) Date 16 October 2008 (original upload date) Source Uploader - Billwhittaker (talk) Author Billwhittaker (talk) at en.wikipedia Permission (Reusing this file) Released into the public domain (by the author). PD AND Artist [show]Roelant Savery (1576–1639) Link back to Creator infobox template Description One of the most famous and often copied paintings of a Dodo specimen, as painted by Roelant Savery in 1626. The image came into the posession of the ornithologist George Edwards, who later gave it to the British Museum, hence the name.[1][2] The bird swallowing a frog in the lower right may be the likewise extinct Red Rail. Date 1626 Current location [show]British MuseumLink back to Institution infobox template Source/Photographer http://julianhume.co.uk/wp-content/uplo ads/2010/07/History-of-the-dodo-Hume.pdf PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/a/a1/Glyptodon_old_drawing .jpghttp://www.fantasy-workshop.com/faw/ image-files/smilodon-1.jpghttp://upload. wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Woo ly_Mammoths.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.o rg/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Giant_ground_s loth_Iowa.JPGhttp://upload.wikimedia.org /wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Edward%27s_Dodo. jpg [2] Koch, Paul L. and Anthony D. Barnosky. ''Late Quaternary Extinctions : State of the Debate.'' (2006): 215-252. http://ib.berkeley.edu/labs/ba rnosky/Koch%20%20and%20Barnosky%202006.p df COPYRIGHTED source: http://ib.berkeley.edu/labs/barn osky/Koch%20%20and%20Barnosky%202006.pdf | |
46,000 YBN [44000 BC] | 577) The earliest water ship. Sapiens from Southeast Asia reach Australia by water ship. |
[1] Palmer, et al, ''Prehistoric Life'', 2009, p470-471. COPYRIGHTED source: Palmer, et al, "Prehistoric Life", 2009, p470-471. [2] World map of human migrations, with the North Pole at center. Africa, harboring the start of the migration, is at the top left and South America at the far right. Migration patterns are based on studies of mitochondrial (matrilinear) DNA. Numbers represent thousand years before present. The blue line represents area covered in ice or tundra during the last great ice age. The letters are the mitochondrial DNA haplogroups (pure motherly lineages); Haplogroups can be used to define genetic populations and are often geographically oriented. For example, the following are common divisions for mtDNA haplogroups: African: L, L1, L2, L3 Near Eastern: J, N Southern European: J, K General European: H, V Northern European: T, U, X Asian: A, B, C, D, E, F, G (note: M is composed of C, D, E, and G) Native American: A, B, C, D, and sometimes X [edit]Data derivation Image:Northern icesheet hg.png shows the region that was covered by ice or tundra in the last ice age All migration data based on mitomap Geographic data from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Last_ glacial_vegetation_map.png and adding the following data http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ice_A ge_Temperature.png we get this interesting result http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Human -migration-temperature.jpg GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/3/37/Map-of-human-migratio ns.jpg | |
43,000 YBN [41000 BC] | 1187) The earliest known mine: "Lion Cave" in Swaziland, Africa. | Swaziland, Africa |
[1] Oldest Mine in the World - Swaziland The Lion Cavern at Ngwenya Mountain, just north of the Swaziland Capital Mbabane, is thought to be the oldest evidence of human mining in the world. Carbon-dating has shown mining activity for red ocre (haematite) within this cavity dating back to a period between 41000 and 43000BC. The site is preserved as an open-air museum of visitors and is a popular tourism attraction. (By Darron Raw) www.swazi.travel CC source: http://farm3.staticflickr.com/27 23/4303217549_a15d58e869_b.jpg [2] Ngwenya Mountain Lion Cave in Swaziland UNKNOWN source: http://www.ancienttrenches.com/_ /rsrc/1328277651042/ancient-mines/bb92d5 f7-639a-42d2-aee1-daaaa87267b8.jpg?heigh t=300&width=400 |
40,000 YBN [38000 BC] | 598) The earliest sapiens fossils in Europe (Romania). | Peştera cu Oase, Romania (and baby tooth: Grotta del Cavallo, Italy, jaw: Kent's Cavern, UK) |
[1] Oblique view of the Oase 1 mandible. Figure 1 from: Trinkaus, Erik et al. “An Early Modern Human from the Peştera Cu Oase, Romania.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 100.20 (2003): 11231–11236. http://www.pnas.org/cont ent/100/20/11231 UNKNOWN source: http://www.pnas.org/content/100/ 20/11231/F1.large.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en /3/36/Cromagf.jpg [2] Front view of Cro-magnon 1 fossil COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.antikitera.net/images /imgNews/4253-european-head_169813t.jpg |
40,000 YBN [38000 BC] | 604) The earliest oil lamp. | Southwest France |
[1] Figure from: Sophie A. de Beaune and Randall White, ''Ice Age Lamps'', Scientific American, March 1993. http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.f r/docs/00/42/17/69/PDF/Sc.Amer.1993.pdf source: http://halshs.archives-ouvertes. fr/docs/00/42/17/69/PDF/Sc.Amer.1993.pdf |
40,000 YBN [38000 BC] | 1262) The earliest known human-made painting. | (The Panel de las Manos) El Castillo Cave, Spain|Southern France |
[1] Drawings of horses from Chauvet Cave GNU source: http://www.sciencemag.org/conten t/336/6087/F5.large.jpg [2] Fig 3 from: Pike, A. W. G. et al. “U-Series Dating of Paleolithic Art in 11 Caves in Spain.” Science 336.6087 (2012): 1409 –1413. Print. http://www.sciencemag.org/conten t/336/6087/1409.abstract A time line of the cave art dated. A single arrow represents a minimum age, but, where two dates are indicated, both maximum and minimum ages have been obtained. The error bars for O-21 reflect the variation resulting from the two different methods of detrital correction (11). Larger versions of these images showing sample locations are available in the supplementary materials, figs. S2 to S12. COPYRIGHTED source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Chauvethorses.jpg |
40,000 YBN [38000 BC] | 5871) The earliest musical instrument, a flute, made from the wing bone of a vulture. | Hohle Fels Cave, Germany |
[1] Prehistorian historian Nicholas Conard presents the bone flute from Hohle Fels to journalists COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.google.com/hostednews /afp/media/ALeqM5hlF6Vh9FxCmW4OYCeiBOJqR J3VgA?size=l [2] Conard et al.1 have discovered the oldest known flute, at Hohle Fels Cave in Germany. The flute is made from bird bone, and dates from the early Aurignacian, 40,000 years ago. H. JENSEN/UNIV. TÜBINGEN COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.nature.com/nature/jou rnal/v460/n7256/images/460695a-f1.2.jpg |
40,000 YBN [38000 BC] | 6483) Humans catch fish. | Peçstera cu Oase, Romania |
[1] This is the lower mandible of the 40,000-year-old human skeleton, found in the Tianyuan Cave near Beijing. Analyses of collagen extracted from this bone prove that this individual was a regular consumer of fish. Credit: Image: Hong Shang / Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Read more at: http://phys.org/news166120605.html#jCp UNKNOWN source: http://cdn.physorg.com/newman/gf x/news/hires/2009/fishonthemen.jpg [2] Translated from Italian with translate.google.com Revealed the face of the first European PHOTOGALLERY reading time provided for 4 min. about This is the face of the first anatomically modern man lived in Europe. Belonged to a man - or woman - who inhabited the ancient forests of the Carpathian Mountains in Romania, about 35,000 years ago. The reconstruction of the artist - a face that can be of a male or of a female - is based on the parts of the skull and jaw found in a cave in which it was known that bears hibernate. The facial features indicate the close affinity of these first Europeans with their immediate ancestors Africans, even if it was not yet possible to determine the sex of the person. UNKNOWN source: http://www.antikitera.net/images /imgNews/4253-european-head_169813t.jpg |
39,000 YBN [37000 BC] | 599) Sapiens reach China. | (Tianyuan Cave) Zhoukoudian, China (Tongtianyan Cave, Liujiang County, Guangxi Zhuang) |
[1] Fig. 1. Anterolateral oblique view of the Tianyuan 1 mandible (lower left), medial view of the right corpus and ramus (upper left), and occlusal view of the dentition and alveoli (upper right). Views are not to the same scale. COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.pnas.org/content/104/ 16/6573/F1.large.jpg [2] Fossilized skull of the Liujiang hominid, H. sapiens sapiens, found in a cave in Liujiang County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Chang, P.K.C. et al. The Formation of Chinese Civilization: An Archaeological Perspective. Yale University Press, 2005. The Culture and Civilization of China Series. p23. http://books.google.com/books?id=s P-PN2StH2cC COPYRIGHTED source: Chang, P.K.C. et al. The Formation of Chinese Civilization: An Archaeological Perspective. Yale University Press, 2005. The Culture and Civilization of China Series. p23. http://books.google.com/books?id=s P-PN2StH2cC |
32,000 YBN [30000 BC] | 602) Humans weave textiles from flax and use coloring dyes. | Dzudzuana Cave, Georgia |
[1] Fig. 1 (1 to 7) Fibers from Dzudzuana, Georgia, unit D. 1, twisted flax fibers; 2 to 4, flax fibers; and 5 to 7, unraveled flax fibers. (8 to 12) Fibers from Dzudzuana, unit C. 8 and 9, twisted flax fibers; 10 and 12, flax fibers; and 11, dyed flax fibers. COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.sciencemag.org/conten t/325/5946/-CSCO-3h--1359/-CSCO-3h--F1.l arge.jpg [2] On a lump of fired clay from the Dolní Věstonice / Pavlov area were found the impressions of substances from plant fibres. The whole process of picking nettles, crushing the dried stem, preparation of tow, spinning the thread and then weaving was tested and shown to be possible using tools of the time by M. Bunatova. Urbanová (ca 1999) http://www.donsmaps.com/dolnivpot tery.html Dexterity of the First Weavers A decade ago, experts did not dare to think about people living in the last ice age making fabric. However, on a lump of fired clay from the Dolní Věstonice / Pavlov area were found the impressions of substances from plant fibres. The whole process of picking nettles, crushing the dried stem, preparation of tow, spinning the thread and then weaving was tested and shown to be possible using tools of the time by M. Bunatova. Urbanová (ca 1999) Source: Display, Dolní Věstonice Museum From Buňatová (1999) and Sosna (2000): Buňatová, M., 1999: Textilní produkce v mladém paleolitu, experiment pro dokumentární film ''Úsvit géniů'', in: AR LI, Praha, 104 - 111. Sosna, D., 2000: Počátky textilnictví. PhD. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, Masaryk University, Brno. UNKNOWN source: http://www.ancient-wisdom.co.uk/ Images/countries/Czech%20pics/dolnifabri c.jpg |
31,700 YBN [29700 BC] | 42) Humans raise dogs. | Goyet cave, Belgium |
[1] Description Deutsch: Europäischer Grauwolf (Canis lupus) English: grey wolf Date February 2009 Source Own work (own photo) Author Gunnar Ries Amphibol Permission (Reusing this file) You must give the original author credit. If you use my pictures outside the wiki projects, please let me know. CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Grauwolf_P11302 75.jpg/1024px-Grauwolf_P1130275.jpg [2] Description Español: Lobo en el zoo de Kolmården (Suecia). Date 2010-12-23 18:10 (UTC) Source Wolf_Kolmården.jpg Author Wolf_Kolmården.jpg: Daniel Mott from Stockholm, Sweden derivative work: Mariomassone Permission (Reusing this file) See below. CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/5/5f/Kolm%C3%A5rden_Wolf.j pg |
29,000 YBN [27000 BC] | 6215) The earliest ceramic objects, the Venus figurines. | Dolni Věstonice, Czechoslovakia |
[1] Description Věstonická venuše na výstavě Lovci mamutů v Národním muzeu v Praze Date 2. 9. 2007 Source che Author che (Please credit as ''Petr Novák, Wikipedia'' in case you use this outside WMF projects.) guidance: Danny B. Permission (Reusing this file) As they reached the Summit, he said: “Thou shall take this Snapshot and use it according to the Code of License, and let your people flourish all around the world.” They brought the Snapshot to their homes and there was much rejoicing. CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/b/b8/Vestonicka_venuse_edi t.jpg [2] Description Deutsch: Venus von Willendorf Date 1 January 2007 Source Own work Author User:MatthiasKabel Own work, attribution required (Multi-license with GFDL and Creative Commons CC-BY 2.5) GNU Figure 2 from: O. Soffer, J. M. Adovasio, D. C. Hyland, ''The “Venus” Figurines: Textiles, Basketry, Gender, and Status in the Upper Paleolithic'', Current Anthropology, Vol. 41, No. 4 (August/October 2000), pp. 511-537 URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/3173 81 COPYRIGHTED source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/5/50/Venus_von_Willendorf_ 01.jpg |
28,000 YBN [26000 BC] | 451) The Neanderthals go extinct. | Gorham's Cave, Gibraltar, Spain |
[1] Description English: View of Gorham's Cave, a sea cave in the east face of the Rock of Gibraltar, Gibraltar. Date {ULSF: with top part showing house removed} 3 July 2007 Source Own work Author Gibmetal77 CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Gorham%27s_Cave .jpg/800px-Gorham%27s_Cave.jpg [2] Description English: View of Gorham's Cave, a sea cave in the east face of the Rock of Gibraltar, Gibraltar. Date 3 July 2007 Source Own work Author Gibmetal77 CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Gorham%27s_Cave .jpg/800px-Gorham%27s_Cave.jpg |
26,000 YBN [24000 BC] | 6224) The earliest "fired" clay (clay dried and hardened by fire). | Dolní Věstonice, Pavlov, Czech Republic |
[1] On a lump of fired clay from the Dolní Věstonice / Pavlov area were found the impressions of substances from plant fibres. The whole process of picking nettles, crushing the dried stem, preparation of tow, spinning the thread and then weaving was tested and shown to be possible using tools of the time by M. Bunatova. Urbanová (ca 1999) http://www.donsmaps.com/dolnivpot tery.html Dexterity of the First Weavers A decade ago, experts did not dare to think about people living in the last ice age making fabric. However, on a lump of fired clay from the Dolní Věstonice / Pavlov area were found the impressions of substances from plant fibres. The whole process of picking nettles, crushing the dried stem, preparation of tow, spinning the thread and then weaving was tested and shown to be possible using tools of the time by M. Bunatova. Urbanová (ca 1999) Source: Display, Dolní Věstonice Museum From Buňatová (1999) and Sosna (2000): Buňatová, M., 1999: Textilní produkce v mladém paleolitu, experiment pro dokumentární film ''Úsvit géniů'', in: AR LI, Praha, 104 - 111. Sosna, D., 2000: Počátky textilnictví. PhD. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, Masaryk University, Brno. UNKNOWN source: http://www.ancient-wisdom.co.uk/ Images/countries/Czech%20pics/dolnifabri c.jpg |
25,000 YBN [23000 BC] | 724) Woven baskets. | Pavlov, Czech Republic |
[1] Figures 3 and 4 from: ADOVASIO J. M., SOFFER O., KLÃMA B., 1996: Upper Paleolithic fibre technology: Interlaced woven finds from Pavlov I, Czech Republic, c. 26,000 years ago. Antiquity 70: 526-534. {Adovasio_Fibre_technology_1996.pdf} COPYRIGHTED source: [2] On a lump of fired clay from the Dolní Věstonice / Pavlov area were found the impressions of substances from plant fibres. The whole process of picking nettles, crushing the dried stem, preparation of tow, spinning the thread and then weaving was tested and shown to be possible using tools of the time by M. Bunatova. Urbanová (ca 1999) http://www.donsmaps.com/dolnivpot tery.html Dexterity of the First Weavers A decade ago, experts did not dare to think about people living in the last ice age making fabric. However, on a lump of fired clay from the Dolní Věstonice / Pavlov area were found the impressions of substances from plant fibres. The whole process of picking nettles, crushing the dried stem, preparation of tow, spinning the thread and then weaving was tested and shown to be possible using tools of the time by M. Bunatova. Urbanová (ca 1999) Source: Display, Dolní Věstonice Museum From Buňatová (1999) and Sosna (2000): Buňatová, M., 1999: Textilní produkce v mladém paleolitu, experiment pro dokumentární film ''Úsvit géniů'', in: AR LI, Praha, 104 - 111. Sosna, D., 2000: Počátky textilnictví. PhD. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, Masaryk University, Brno. UNKNOWN source: http://www.ancient-wisdom.co.uk/ Images/countries/Czech%20pics/dolnifabri c.jpg |
23,000 YBN [21000 BC] | 6231) The earliest human-made structure. A stone wall. | (Theopetra Cave) Kalambaka, Greece |
[1] Picture: Remains of the stone wall. From the Greek Ministry of Culture. UNKNOWN source: http://blogs.discovery.com/files /wall.jpg |
19,000 YBN [17000 BC] | 6175) Cereal gathering. | Near East (Southwest Asia Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia) |
[1] escription Русский: Дикая пшеница Эребунийского заповедника - Однозернянка араратская (Triticum araraticum) English: The Wild Wheat of Erebuni Reserve (Triticum araraticum) Date 5 June 2007 Source for-wikimedia.wowarmenia.ru Author uncredited Permission (Reusing this file) Released by WOWARMENIA for Wikimedia under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike license (Multi-license with GFDL and Creative Commons CC-BY-SA-3.0 and older versions (2.5, 2.0 and 1.0)). If you wish to reuse the photos elsewhere, please read the instructions at COM:REUSE. GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/WildWheat_Erebu ni_Reserve.jpg/1280px-WildWheat_Erebuni_ Reserve.jpg [2] Description Česky: Pšenice. Deutsch: Weizen. English: Wheat. Español: Trigo. Français : Blé. Magyar: Búza. Tiếng Việt: Lúa mì. Date August 2005 Source Own work Author User:Bluemoose GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Wheat_close-up. JPG/800px-Wheat_close-up.JPG |
18,000 YBN [16000 BC] | 603) The earliest pottery. | (Yuchanyan cave), Daoxian County, Hunan Province, China |
[1] Pottery Fu (Cooking Vessel)-Shaped Vessel Paleolithic Age to Neolithic Age 12000 years ago Diameter at mouth 32.5cm height 29.8cm Restored on the basis of unearthed pottery pieces at Yuchanyan, Dao County in 1995 It is by far the earliest pottery discovered, a cooking vessel. [t Note that there are apparently fragments of 2 or more pottery vessels, and they are redated in the article to 18000ybn: Elisabetta Boaretto, Xiaohong Wu, Jiarong Yuan, Ofer Bar-Yosef, Vikki Chu, Yan Pan, Kexin Liu, David Cohen, Tianlong Jiao, Shuicheng Li, Haibin Gu, Paul Goldberg, and Steve Weiner, ''Radiocarbon dating of charcoal and bone collagen associated with early pottery at Yuchanyan Cave, Hunan Province, China PNAS 2009 106 (24) 9595-9600;'' published ahead of print June 1, 2009, doi:10.1073/pnas.0900539106 http://www.pnas.org/content/106/24/959 5.full?sid=4a6f1743-94c2-4be8-b046-575b4 f27ab46] source: http://www.hnmuseum.com/hnmuseum /eng/whatson/exhibition/images/kg/2.jpg |
17,000 YBN [15000 BC] | 6225) The earliest rope. | Lascaux, France |
[1] Remains of the rope. Fragments of the first piece of clay (at left the remains of the rope, at right, its mark). Images from: LEROI-GOURHAN, A., Lascaux Inconnu (A. LEROIGOURHAN & J. ALLAIN, eds.), Xlle Suppl. à Gallia Préhistoire, CNRS: Paris, 1979, p183. COPYRIGHTED source: LEROI-GOURHAN, A., Lascaux Inconnu (A. LEROIGOURHAN & J. ALLAIN, eds.), Xlle Suppl. à Gallia Préhistoire, CNRS: Paris, 1979, p183. [2] Figure 142. - Fragments of the second piece of clay. The remains of the cord appear on both sides. Images from: LEROI-GOURHAN, A., Lascaux Inconnu (A. LEROIGOURHAN & J. ALLAIN, eds.), Xlle Suppl. à Gallia Préhistoire, CNRS: Paris, 1979, p183. COPYRIGHTED source: LEROI-GOURHAN, A., Lascaux Inconnu (A. LEROIGOURHAN & J. ALLAIN, eds.), Xlle Suppl. à Gallia Préhistoire, CNRS: Paris, 1979, p183. |
17,000 YBN [15000 BC] | 6516) There are 10 million humans on Earth, all hunter-gathering people. |
[1] Parker, G. Compact History of the World. Barnes & Noble, 2001, p17. COPYRIGHTED source: Parker, G. Compact History of the World. Barnes & Noble, 2001, p17. | |
14,000 YBN [12000 BC] | 6227) The earliest known map. | Mezhirich, Ukraine |
[1] The oldest known map in the world, discovered by archeologists, is from 12,000 B.C. and was found in Mezhirich, Ukraine. source: http://www.infoukes.com/history/ images/inventions/figure02.gif |
14,000 YBN [12000 BC] | 6439) Lime cement is used as an adhesive on small stone tools. | Geometric Kebaran site Lagama North VIII, Gebel Maghara, Northern Sinai, Egypt |
[1] Figure 6 from: Kingery, W D, Pamela B. Vandiver, and Martha Prickett. ''The Beginnings of Pyrotechnology, Part Ii: Production and Use of Lime and Gypsum Plaster in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Near East.'' Journal of Field Archaeology. 15.2 (1988): 219-244. http://www.jstor.org/stable/530304 CO PYRIGHTED source: http://www.jstor.org/stable/5303 04 [2] See text ''In the north corner of the room was an interesting structure of unbaked plano-convex bricks (Fig. 44). It had a rectangular base measuring approximately 1.00 x 1.60 m., the north-east side of which was only 15 cm. from the outer inclosure wall. ... The tops of these two walls were rounded off toward the outside throughout their length, on the higher as well as on the lower parts (Fig. 45; cf. also Fig. 65), and trhe whole structure was originally coated with a thick layer of white lime plaster- a circumstance which greatly facilitated its excavation and the tracing of its peculiar shape. ... Fig 44 from: Delougaz, Pinhas, ''The temple oval at Khafājah'', University of Chicago Press/Chicago Ill., 1940. http://oi.uchicago.edu/pdf/oip53.pdf COPYRIGHTED source: http://oi.uchicago.edu/pdf/oip53 |
13,000 YBN [11000 BC] | 578) Sapiens reach America. The oldest human bones in America. | Mexico City and Arlington Canyon on Santa Rosa Island, California, USA |
[1] A member of Arturo González's underwater archaeological team studies a skull in an underwater cave on the coast of the Yucatán Peninsula near Tulum, Mexico. Skeletons found in similar caves may be among the oldest human remains ever found in North or South America. Photograph courtesy Arturo Gonzáles COPYRIGHTED source: http://news.nationalgeographic.c om/news/bigphotos/images/080903-oldest-s keletons_big.jpg [2] Tulum, Mexico UNKNOWN source: maps.google.com |
12,000 YBN [10000 BC] | 6522) Humans transform from hunting and gathering to agriculture, from a migratory to a sedentary life, building the first cities. |
[1] Parker, G. Compact History of the World. Barnes & Noble, 2001, p16-17. COPYRIGHTED source: Parker, G. Compact History of the World. Barnes & Noble, 2001, p16-17. | |
11,700 YBN [9700 BC] | 827) The end of the Pleistocene (PlISTeSEN), and start of the Holocene {HoLoSEN or HOLoSEN} epoch. This is the end of the last Ice Age. |
[1] Geologic Time Scale 2009 UNKNOWN source: http://www.geosociety.org/scienc e/timescale/timescl.pdf | |
11,700 YBN [9700 BC] | 828) The start of the Neolithic or "New Stone Age" in the Fertile Crescent, a region of the Middle East arching from the Nile Valley to the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. |
[1] Lake dwellers lived in central Europe and were ancestral to the Celts and northern Italians, and built their houses very near water so that their kind of wheat, that grew in marshy areas, could grow in fields nearby. They built their houses on stilts to keep them dry. They were genetically characterized by a very large clade of R2b1b2. UNKNOWN source: http://freepages.genealogy.roots web.ancestry.com/~villandra/McKinstry/I2 b1/lakedwellingNeolithic.jpg [2] Catal Hoyuk Reconstruction UNKNOWN source: http://www.veeb.net/wp-content/u ploads/2011/01/Catal_Hoyuk_Reconstructio n.jpg | |
11,500 YBN [9500 BC] | 829) Humans shape metal objects from native copper. | (Shanidar Cave) North East Iraq|(Çayönü) Anatolia (modern Turkey)|Northern Iraq|Eastern Anatolia |
[1] from ''Metallurgy as a human experience'': fgi2: Copper pendant from Shanidar Cave, Northeast Iraq, about 9500 B.C. Length 2.3cm; thickness 0.3cm. Shaped by hammering a piece of native metal and finishing with abrasives. (It is completely mineralized and there is a slight possibility that it was originally simply carved from a lump of malachite.) Courtesy Professor Ralph S. Solecki. --- Malachite is a green mineral, basic copper carbonate, Cu 2 CO 3 (OH) 2 , an ore of copper, used for making ornamental articles. ''Malachite.'' Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. 04 Jul. 2012. ''Metallurgy as a human experience'', Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A Volume 6, Number 4 (1975), 603-623, DOI: 10.1007/BF02672281 http://www.springerl ink.com/content/4r60p045832k01l6/ COPYR IGHTED source: http://www.springerlink.com/cont ent/4r60p045832k01l6/ [2] Description View of the exterior of Shanidar Cave, taken during the summer of 2005. Note for scale the two crouching men in front of the cave. At the time this photo was taken, the interior of the cave was being used as a pen by a local shepherd. Licensing Date 2006-08-03 (original upload date) Source Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is/was here. Author Original uploader was JosephV at en.wikipedia Permission (Reusing this file) Licensed under the GFDL by the author; Released under the GNU Free Documentation License. GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/a/a8/Erbil_governorate_sha nidar_cave.jpg |
11,000 YBN [9000 BC] | 606) The oldest city, Jericho. | Jericho, (modern West Bank) Palestine |
[1] An aerial view of Jericho showing the ruins of Tell es-Sultan Description Italiano: veduta aerea dell'area archeologica di Gerico Date 2008-03-05 (original upload date) Source Transferred from it.wikipedia Author Original uploader was Fullo88 at it.wikipedia PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/f/f4/Tell_es-sultan.jpg [2] Plastered skulls figures from: Kathleen Kenyon, ''Excavations at Jericho'', 1981, vol5. {Kenyon_Excavations_At_Jericho_19 81.pdf} COPYRIGHTED source: Kenyon_Excavations_At_Jericho_19 81.pdf |
11,000 YBN [9000 BC] | 608) The oldest saddle quern {KWRN} (a flat stone and rounded stone used to grind grain into flour). | Abu Hureyra, Syria |
[1] (presumably the:) Quern stone used for making flour 9,500–9,000 BC Abu Hureyra, Syria NONCOMMERCIAL USE source: http://www.britishmuseum.org/ima ges/quern_l.jpg [2] Setting where Quern stone was used for making flour 9,500–9,000 BC Abu Hureyra, Syria NONCOMMERCIAL USE source: http://www.britishmuseum.org/ima ges/quern_setting_l.jpg |
11,000 YBN [9000 BC] | 617) Goats are kept, fed, milked, and killed for food. | Euphrates river valley at Nevali Çori, Turkey| (11,000 bp), and the Zagros Mountains of Iran at Ganj Dareh (10,000). |
[1] Description Bezoar Ibex (Capra aegagrus aegagrus) Deutsch: Bezoarziege, fotografiert im Tierpark Berlin Date January 2006 Source Uploaded first to de wikipedia on 13:25, 19. Feb 2006 by Der Irbis Author F. Spangenberg (Der Irbis, own photo) GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/f/f6/Bezoarziege.jpg [2] Domestic goat kid, in field of capeweed. Swifts Creek, Victoria, September 2007 GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Domestic_goat_k id_in_capeweed.jpg/1024px-Domestic_goat_ kid_in_capeweed.jpg |
11,000 YBN [9000 BC] | 1292) The earliest stone buildings and temple; in Turkey. | Göbekli Tepe, near Sanliurfa, Southeastern Turkey |
[1] Description English: Göbekli Tepe, Şanlıurfa Date 6 September 2011 Source Own work Author Teomancimit CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/G%C3%B6bekli_Te pe%2C_Urfa.jpg/1280px-G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe% 2C_Urfa.jpg [2] Göbekli Tepe may hold first human writings Prehistory specialist of the German Archeological Institute in Berlin announced the findings of a South Eastern Turkish Excavation site near Sanliurfa called Göbekli Tepe (''Nabelberg'') . Klaus Schmidt claims the 11 600 old stone markings of this temple are the worlds earliest known form of writing. ''The geometrical forms and small animal reliefs are surely more than just ornamentations. Humans somewhat wanted to communicate with future humans here '' he says in a February 14, 2006 Berliner Morgenpost article. Excavator Schmidt interprets Goebekli Tepe as a center for a complicated dead cult and adds, ''This was monumental architecture, 6000 years before the pyramids.'' The monoliths were lower than the surrounding walls indicating that the intention was not architectural in erecting them. COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.lahana.org/blog/Gobek litepe.htm |
11,000 YBN [9000 BC] | 6509) Rye is grown in Syria. | Abu Hureyra, Syria |
[1] Description an ear of rye Date 11 June 2007 Source Own work Author LSDSL Permission (Reusing this file) Please quote me as LSDSL Bitte nennen Sie mich als LSDSL GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/7/79/Ear_of_rye.jpg [2] Tell Abu Hureyra, Syria in Google Maps UNKNOWN source: https://maps.google.com/maps?ll= 35.866,38.4&spn=0.01,0.01&t=m&q=35.866,3 8.4 |
10,870 YBN [8870 BC] | 6438) The earliest settlement in Mesopotamia. | Zawi Chemi, Shanidar, Northern Iraq |
[1] Solecki, R.L. An Early Village Site at Zawi Chemi Shanidar. Undena Publications, 1981. Bibliotheca Mesopotamica. COPYRIGHTED source: Solecki, R.L. An Early Village Site at Zawi Chemi Shanidar. Undena Publications, 1981. Bibliotheca Mesopotamica. [2] Solecki, R.L. An Early Village Site at Zawi Chemi Shanidar. Undena Publications, 1981. Bibliotheca Mesopotamica. COPYRIGHTED source: Solecki, R.L. An Early Village Site at Zawi Chemi Shanidar. Undena Publications, 1981. Bibliotheca Mesopotamica. |
10,500 YBN [8500 BC] | 610) Flax is grown. | Tell Abu Hureyra, Syria |
[1] Lewis Blue Flax seeding along I-86. PD source: http://itd.idaho.gov/highways/op s/maintenance/Roadside/ImageGalleries/Na tive-Management/LewisBlueFlax4.jpg [2] from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flax_ seeds.jpg I took this picture of flax seed in July of 2005 and grant its use under the Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 2.5 CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/1/15/Flax_seeds.jpg |
10,500 YBN [8500 BC] | 6315) Sheep are raised for wool, skins, meat and dung (which is used for fuel). | Northern Zagros to southeastern Anatolia|(Middle East) Eastern Mediterranean |
[1] Ovis canadensis Information from en: Subject: Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep Camera: Canon D60 Lens: Canon 100--400mm IS Originally uploaded to en: by Sunborn Source http://pdphoto.org/Pict ureDetail.php?mat=pdef&pg=8208 PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/3/3a/Ovis_canadensis_2.jpg [2] Description Fotografía tomada en Brunete, Madrid, España. Date 30 March 2008, 10:24 Source Black sheep . Do u also feel different? // la Oveja negra. Tambien te sientes diferente? Uploaded by Petronas Author Jesus Solana from Madrid, Spain CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Black_sheep-1.j pg/1024px-Black_sheep-1.jpg |
10,000 YBN [8000 BC] | 205) Pigs are raised and killed for food. | (Near East) Eastern Mediterranean and Island South East Asia|southeastern Anatolia |
[1] Description English: A baby Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) in a wildlife park in the Netherlands Français : Marcassin (Sus scrofa) dans une réserve faunique au Pays-Bas Date 12 May 2010, 15:10 Source Frisling Author S ander van der Wel CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Sus_scrofa_pigl et.jpg/1024px-Sus_scrofa_piglet.jpg [2] Edited version of Image:Wild Boar Habbitat 2.jpg slightly cropped with artifacts removed. [edit]Summary Description Deutsch: Das Wildschwein (Sus scrofa) gehört zur Familie der altweltlichen oder echten Schweine (Suidae) aus der Ordnung der Paarhufer. Hier zu sehen in seinem natürlichen Umfeld: Eine Suhle English: The Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) is the wild ancestor of the domestic pig. As shown in his natural habitat. Español: El jabalí salvaje (Sus scrofa), ancestro del cerdo doméstico, en su hábitat natural. Français : Sanglier (Sus scrofa) dans son habitat naturel. Le sanglier est l'ancêtre sauvage du porc. Grünvalder forst, Bavière (Allemagne). Cymraeg: Baedd gwyllt (Sus scrofa), hynafiad y mochyn dof. Italiano: Il cinghiale (Sus scrofa), è la forma ancestrale del maiale domestico, ritratto nel suo habitat naturale. Nederlands: Wild zwijn (Sus scrofa) neemt een modderbad Norsk (bokmål): Villsvin (Sus scrofa) i sitt naturlige miljø Português: Um javali da espécie Sus scrofa, ancestral selvagem do porco doméstico. Русский: Кабан (Sus scrofa), валяющийся в грязи; предок домашней свиньи. Svenska: Ett vildsvin (Sus scrofa) i sin naturliga miljö. Date 2007-05-22 Source O wn work Author Richard Bartz, Munich Makro Freak CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Wild_Boar_Habbi tat_3.jpg/1024px-Wild_Boar_Habbitat_3.jp g |
10,000 YBN [8000 BC] | 1259) Clay tokens with different shapes that represent products are used in Mesopotamia. | eastern Iran, southern Turkey, Israel, Sumer (modern Iraq)|Babylonia|Syria, Sumer and Highland Iran |
[1] Pre-literate counting and accounting MS 5067/1-8 NEOLITHIC PLAIN COUNTING TOKENS POSSIBLY REPRESENTING 1 MEASURE OF GRAIN, 1 ANIMAL AND 1 MAN OR 1 DAY'S LABOUR, RESPECTIVELY ms5067/1-8Counting tokens in clay, Syria/Sumer/Highland Iran, ca. 8000-3500 BC, 3 spheres: diam. 1,6, 1,7 and 1,9 cm , (D.S.-B 2:1); 3 discs: diam. 1,0x0,4 cm, 1,1x0,4 cm and 1,0x0,5 cm (D.S.-B 3:1); 2 tetrahedrons: sides 1,4 cm and 1,7 cm (D.S.-B 5:1). Exhibited: The Norwegian Intitute of Palaeography and Historical Philology (PHI), Oslo, 13.10.2003- COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.earth-history.com/_im ages/ms5067.jpg [2] MS 4631 BULLA-ENVELOPE WITH 11 PLAIN AND COMPLEX TOKENS INSIDE, REPRESENTING AN ACCOUNT OR AGREEMENT, TENTATIVELY OF WAGES FOR 4 DAYS' WORK, 4 MEASURES OF METAL, 1 LARGE MEASURE OF BARLEY AND 2 SMALL MEASURES OF SOME OTHER COMMODITY ms4631Bulla in clay, Syria/Sumer/Highland Iran, ca. 3700-3200 BC, 1 spherical bulla-envelope (complete), diam. ca. 6,5 cm, cylinder seal impressions of a row of men walking left; and of a predator attacking a deer, inside a complete set of plain and complex tokens: 4 tetrahedrons 0,9x1,0 cm (D.S.-B.5:1), 4 triangles with 2 incised lines 2,0x0,9 (D.S.-B.(:14), 1 sphere diam. 1,7 cm (D.S.-B.2:2), 1 cylinder with 1 grove 2,0x0,3 cm (D.S.-B.4:13), 1 bent paraboloid 1,3xdiam. 0,5 cm (D.S.-B.8:14). Context: MSS 4631-4646 and 5114-5127are from the same archive. Total number of bulla-envelopes worldwide is ca. 165 intact and 70 fragmentary. COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.earth-history.com/_im ages/ms4631.jpg |
10,000 YBN [8000 BC] | 6316) Cows are raised for milk, for meat and eventually for plowing. | upper Euphrates Valley |
[1] Description Deutsch: Heckrinder in den Niederlanden. English: An Heck cattle group, in Oostvaardersplassen, a nature reserve in the province of Flevoland in the Netherlands. Français : Aurochs de Heck Nederlands: Heckrunderen in de Oostvaardersplassen, een natuurgebied in de provincie Flevoland, Nederland. Date 16 septembre 2004 Source Travail personnel Auteur GerardM GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Heckrund1.JPG/1 280px-Heckrund1.JPG [2] Wild Cattle in Britain The Chillingham Herd Chillingham cattle (picture from Whitepark.org.uk) UNKNOWN source: http://www.vegaresearch.org/imag es/Chillingham1.jpg |
9,800 YBN [7800 BC] | 607) The earliest flint sickle. A sickle is used for cutting grain. | Tell Aswad (modern Syria)|Palestine |
[1] [t NOTE not- earliest sickle] [1] Faucille néolithique danoise en silex 1/Danish Neolithic flint sickle flint 105 UNKNOWN source: http://idata.over-blog.com/4/25/ 41/68/danois/flint-130.jpg [2] [t NOTE not- earliest sickle] Ancient Stone Age Neolithic Flint Sickle Denmark UNKNOWN source: http://www.artancient.com/ebay/2 50310/020412JSA010.jpg |
9,500 YBN [7500 BC] | 612) Wheat is grown in modern Syria. | Tell Abu Hureyra, Syria|southeastern Turkey and northern Syria (Nevali Cori, Turkey) |
[1] Description Česky: Pšenice. Deutsch: Weizen. English: Wheat. Español: Trigo. Français : Blé. Magyar: Búza. Tiếng Việt: Lúa mì. Date August 2005 Source Own work Author User:Bluemoose GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Wheat_close-up. JPG/800px-Wheat_close-up.JPG [2] Nevali Cori, Turkey from Google Maps UNKNOWN source: https://maps.google.com/maps?ll= 37.518333,38.605556&spn=0.01,0.01&t=m&q= 37.518333,38.605556 http://localhost/ul sf/images/Nevali_Cori_Turkey.jpg |
9,500 YBN [7500 BC] | 613) Common millet is grown in China. | Cishan, North China |
[1] Description English: Panicum miliaceum Date 2008-5-4 Source Own work Author Dalgial CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Panicum_miliace um_2.JPG/768px-Panicum_miliaceum_2.JPG [2] Name Panicum miliaceum Family Poaceae Bildbeschreibung: noch grüne Rispenhirse Quelle: selbst erstellt Fotograf: User:MarkusHagenlocher Datum: 21. Juli GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/5/51/Rispenhirse_gr%C3%BCn .jpg |
9,500 YBN [7500 BC] | 6185) Barley is grown in modern Syria. | Tell Abu Hureyra, Syria |
[1] Hordeum-barley - http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/graphics/ph otos/k5141-4.jpg PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/5/55/Hordeum-barley.jpg [2] Tell Abu Hureyra, Syria in Google Maps UNKNOWN source: https://maps.google.com/maps?ll= 35.866,38.4&spn=0.01,0.01&t=m&q=35.866,3 8.4 |
9,240 YBN [7240 BC] | 1478) The earliest domesticated plants in America. Squash is grown in Peru. | Paiján, Peru |
[1] Fig. 3. Close-up of two dark brown squash seed (C. moschata) fragments recovered from a buried house floor at CA-09-27. from: Tom D. Dillehay, Jack Rossen, Thomas C. Andres, and David E. Williams, ''Preceramic Adoption of Peanut, Squash, and Cotton in Northern Peru'', Science 29 June 2007: 316 (5833), 1890-1893. http://www.sciencemag.org/co ntent/316/5833/1890.abstract COPYRIGHTE D source: http://www.sciencemag.org/conten t/316/5833/1890/F3.large.jpg |
9,000 YBN [7000 BC] | 1288) Mehrgarh {mARGoR}, an Indus Valley city is founded. | Kachi plain of Baluchistan, Pakistan |
[1] Early farming village in Mehrgarh, c. 7000 BCE, with houses built with mud bricks. (Musée Guimet, Paris). The image was downloaded from the website of the Indus and Mehrgarh archaeological mission, Musée Guimet, by Fowler&fowler«Talk» 22:56, 6 March 2007 (UTC) COPYRIGHTED FAIRUSE source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Neolithic_mehrgarh.jpg [2] A relief map of Pakistan showing Mehrgarh This is an annotated version of a relief map of Pakistan in the public domain([1]). The map was annotated by Fowler&fowler«Talk» 08:07, 7 March 2007 (UTC) and rereleased to the public domain. PD source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Mehrgarh_pakistan_rel96.JPG |
8,800 YBN [6800 BC] | 6511) Lentils are grown in Israel. | Yifta'el, North Israel |
[1] Name Lens culinaris Family Fabaceae Original book source: Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885, Gera, Germany Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber Source: www.biolib.de PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/d/da/Illustration_Lens_cul inaris0.jpg [2] Description English: Lentil plants 75 days after emergence, Castelltallat, Catalonia Català: Plantes de llentilla 75 dies després de l'emergència Date 14/05/2011 Source Own work Author Victor M. Vicente Selvas PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Llenties_maig.J PG/1280px-Llenties_maig.JPG |
8,500 YBN [6500 BC] | 6512) Peas are grown in Turkey. | Çayönü, Turkey |
[1] Pea plant: Pisum sativum Picture taken by myself: (nl:Doperwt rijserwt peulen)Pisum sativum pods; GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/b/bc/Doperwt_rijserwt_peul en_Pisum_sativum.jpg [2] Description English: Studio photo of peas in their pods. Date 7 July 2011 Source Own work Author Bill Ebbesen CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Peas_in_pods_-_ Studio.jpg/1186px-Peas_in_pods_-_Studio. jpg |
8,000 YBN [6000 BC] | 605) The oldest known boat, a dug-out boat. | Netherlands |
[1] De boot van Pesse (Drenthe). C14-dateringen geven aan dat dit object uit het mesolithicum dateert (ca. 8600 voor Chr.). De lengte bedraagt iets minder dan 3 meter. foto: Drents Museum grotere afbeelding UNKNOWN source: http://www.archeoforum.nl/images /webboot.jpg [2] Afb. 1 Mark Jan Dielemans probeert een kopie van de kano van Pesse uit in een ven bij recreatiecentrum Witterzomer in Assen foto: GPD grotere afbeeldin UNKNOWN source: http://www.archeoforum.nl/images /Pesse10afb1.jpg |
8,000 YBN [6000 BC] | 6220) The earliest drum. | Moravia, Czeck Republic |
[1] Curt Sachs, ''The History of Musical Instruments'', 1940, p81. PD source: Curt Sachs, "The History of Musical Instruments", 1940, p81. |
7,700 YBN [5700 BC] | 719) Rice is grown in China. | Kuahuqiao, Hangzhou Bay, Zhejiang Province|Yangtze (in Hubei and Hunan provinces), China |
[1] Description English: Paddy in West Bengal, India Date 18 October 2009 Source Own work Author Amartyabag CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Paddy_West_Beng al.jpg/1280px-Paddy_West_Bengal.jpg [2] Description: Cambodia, Kratie: A worker is removing the rice seedlings. Capture date: August 2002 Photographer: Oliver Spalt Published under CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/0/07/Rice_02.jpg |
7,100 YBN [5100 BC] | 720) Corn is grown in Mexico. | San Andrés, Mexico|(Oaxaca, Mexico) |
[1] Description Deutsch: Maispflanzen (Zea mays) English: Maize (Zea mays) plant with ears, the baby corn growing level தமிழ்: இளங்கதிர்கள், நன்கு வளர்நிலையில் இருக்கிறது. Date 2004 Source Own work Author burgkirsch CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/3/32/Maispflanze.jpg |
7,000 YBN [5000 BC] | 627) The first metal to be smelted and casted (copper). Smelting is separating a metal from its ore by using heat and a reducing or oxidizing material. | Belovode, Eastern Serbia |
[1] Copper slag from Belovode (sample No. 21). Figure 3 from: Miljana Radivojević, Thilo Rehren, Ernst Pernicka, Dušan Šljivar, Michael Brauns, Dušan Borić, On the origins of extractive metallurgy: new evidence from Europe, Journal of Archaeological Science, Volume 37, Issue 11, November 2010, Pages 2775-2787, ISSN 0305-4403, 10.1016/j.jas.2010.06.012. (http://www. sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0 305440310001986) COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.sciencedirect.com/sci ence/article/pii/S0305440310001986 [2] Byzantine Roman Collection tanged arrowhead Inventory #: 308-316 Type: Arrowhead Material: Iron Period: Byzantine (Eastern Roman) 6th - 14th Cent. A.D. Provenance: Balkan Region Measurements: (lengths in cm, left to right): 14.5, 17 cm UNKNOWN source: http://www.worldmuseumofman.org/ img1000/308316b.jpg |
7,000 YBN [5000 BC] | 727) The earliest reed boats. | Kuwait |
[1] Bitumin remains from older Kuwaiti boat show rope impressions. Lawler, Andrew (June 7, 2002). ''Report of Oldest Boat Hints at Early Trade Routes''. Science (AAAS) 296 (5574): 1791–1792. doi:10.1126/science.296.5574.1791. PMID 12052936. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/ summary/296/5574/1791 AND http://www.jstor.org/stable/3076918 COPYRIGHTED source: Lawler, Andrew (June 7, 2002). "Report of Oldest Boat Hints at Early Trade Routes". Science (AAAS) 296 (5574): 1791–1792. doi:10.1126/science.296.5574.1791. PMID 12052936. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/ summary/296/5574/1791http://www.jstor.or g/stable/3076918 [2] Description Totora reed fishing boats on the beach at Huanchaco, Peru Date 13 October 2006, 15:26 Source Totora reed fishing boats on the beach at Huanchaco, Peru Author Roy & Danielle CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Peruvian_fishin g_boats.jpg/768px-Peruvian_fishing_boats .jpg |
6,900 YBN [4900 BC] | 648) The sail boat. | Mesopotamia |
[1] Scale 1/20 model of a Bronze Age reed boat, as proposed by Tom Vosmer, Model of a Third Millennium BC Reed Boat Image from: Connan, Jacques et al. “A comparative geochemical study of bituminous boat remains from H3, As-Sabiyah (Kuwait), and RJ-2, Ra’s al-Jinz (Oman).” Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 16.1 (2005): 21-66. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/d oi/10.1111/j.1600-0471.2005.00041.x/abst ract {Connan_Norman_200505xx.pdf} COPY RIGHTED source: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/d oi/10.1111/j.1600-0471.2005.00041.x/abst ract |
6,800 YBN [4800 BC] | 6527) The first fruit trees, olives are grown in Israel and Jordan. | (Chalcolithic) Tuleilat Ghassul (north of the Dead Sea) |
[1] Description English: Olive trees on Thasos Deutsch: Alte Olivenbäume auf Thasos Date 9.7.2006 Source Own work Author Petr Pakandl CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Olive_trees_on_ Thassos.JPG/1280px-Olive_trees_on_Thasso s.JPG [2] Description English: Unique Ancient Olive Tree Date 30 January 2011 Source Own work Author Dennis koutou CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Ancient_Olive_T ree_in_Pelion%2C_Greece.jpg/768px-Ancien t_Olive_Tree_in_Pelion%2C_Greece.jpg |
6,500 YBN [4500 BC] | 6437) The earliest settlement in Europe, Provadia-Solnitsata {PrOVoDEYo SOLnETSoTo?}, in Bulgaria is founded. | (near) Provadia, Bulgaria |
[1] The remains of the settlement made of two-story houses near the town of Provadia The prehistoric town at Provadia features two-storey houses and a defensive wall (AFP/Getty) COPYRIGHTED source: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multime dia/archive/02384/b2_2384873c.jpg [2] The remains of a man with a ceramic bowl Photo: AFP/GETTY COPYRIGHTED source: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multime dia/archive/02384/b1_2384879b.jpg |
6,000 YBN [4000 BC] | 665) Wine making. | (Areni-1 cave complex in) southeastern Armenia|Egypt |
[1] Wine press The wine press (center) is clearly evident in this photograph of the excavation. Behind the press is an archaeological identification kit. The vat (to the right of the press), which was apparently used for accumulating grape juice and the consequent wine fermentation, emerges clearly here as a result of the excavation. (Photo credit: Gregory Areshian) UNKNOWN source: http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ ucla/artwork/8/8/6/8/3/188683/wine_press .jpg [2] Grape stems and seeds A range of 6,100-year-old desiccated grape stems and dried, pressed grapes was found on and around the wine press in the Armenian cave. The chemical studies were led by UCLA scientists and supported by the National Geographic Society, which also funded the archaeological work. (Photo credit: Gregory Areshian) UNKNOWN source: http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ ucla/artwork/8/8/6/8/3/188683/stems_seed s_grapes.jpg |
6,000 YBN [4000 BC] | 6232) The earliest Sun-dried mud bricks and mud-brick house. | Ur, Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) |
[1] The Royal Tombs (Cemetery) of Ur. Courtesy Nathanm, Creative Commons. CC source: http://popular-archaeology.com/u pload/2697/urroyaltombs.jpg [2] Pre-Historic Tell Uqair UNKNOWN source: http://ancientneareast.tripod.co m/IMAGES/Uqair.jpg |
5,800 YBN [3800 BC] | 6540) The earliest nut crops, almond trees are grown in the eastern part of the Mediterranean basin. | Eastern part of the Mediterranean Basin |
[1] Description English: Amond blossom, Plants of Israel עברית: פרי השקד, Original Image Name:שקדיה, Location:מודיעין Date circa 2010 Source Wild Flowers of Israel via the PikiWiki - Israel free image collection project Author שרה גולד Permission (Reusing this file) w:en:Creative Commons attribution CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/8/84/PikiWiki_Israel_7025_ Amond_blossom.jpg [2] Description English: Green Almonds. Date 4 April 2009 Source Own work Author 6th Happiness My own work. Green Almonds, originally posted here: http://fithfath.com/images/2009/04/04/yo ung-green-almonds/ PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/a/a2/Green_almonds.jpg |
5,500 YBN [3500 BC] | 233) The earliest writing (on clay objects in Mesopotamia). The first numbers. The first stamp (or seal). The first writing begins as symbols for numbers on clay bulla (hollow clay containers that hold clay tokens). These symbols represent the quantity and kind of tokens inside the bulla. Ho llow bullae are eventually replaced by solid clay tablets with the same impressions. | Mesopotamia (Babylonia)|Sumer (Syria, Sumer, Highland Iran) |
[1] Fig 109 from: Nissen, Archaic Bookkeeping, 1993, p127. COPYRIGHTED source: Archaic Bookkeeping, Nissen, 1993, p127. [2] Fig 110 from: Nissen, Archaic Bookkeeping, 1993, p128. COPYRIGHTED source: Archaic Bookkeeping, Nissen, 1993, p128. |
5,500 YBN [3500 BC] | 294) The sundial, the earliest timekeeping device. | China and Chaldea |
[1] Stick in sand with shadow UNKNOWN source: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/1 77/484077420_e01337d101.jpg [2] Description English: Ancient sundial from Marcianopolis, Museum of Mosaicas, Devnya, Bulgaria Български: Слънчев часовник от Марцианополис, Музей на мозайките, Девня Date 21 September 2010 Source Own work Author Edal Anton Lefterov CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/f/ff/Sundial-from-Marciano polis.jpg |
5,500 YBN [3500 BC] | 621) The earliest plow. Plows are used to break up soil. | Mesopotamia |
[1] [t determine source of drawing] Apparently mesopotamian drawing of animal pulled plow. UNKNOWN source: http://ed101.bu.edu/StudentDoc/A rchives/ED101fa06/jtobz87/pic-3-2plow-lg .png [2] Akkadian plough with seeder c2200 BCE Peter Roger Stuart Moorey, ''Ancient Mesopotamian Materials and Industries: The Archaeological Evidence'', 1999, p2. http://books.google.com/books?id=P_ Ixuott4doC&pg=PA3 UNKNOWN source: Peter Roger Stuart Moorey, "Ancient Mesopotamian Materials and Industries: The Archaeological Evidence", 1999, p2. http://books.google.com/books?id=P_ Ixuott4doC&pg=PA3 |
5,500 YBN [3500 BC] | 622) The earliest irrigation (supplying water to crops). | Middle east (eastern part of Mediterranean) |
[1] Illustration 1. A shaduf was used to raise water above the level of the Nile. UNKNOWN source: http://www.waterhistory.org/hist ories/nile/shaduf.jpg [2] This is a picture of how egyptians could have used the Nile to plant their crops. They are using an irrigation method. UNKNOWN source: http://www.amersol.edu.pe/class1 5/_15eescob/6th/humanities/images/nile_i rrigation.jpg |
5,500 YBN [3500 BC] | 625) Donkeys are raised and used for transport. |
[1] Artist Maler der Grabkammer des Panehsi Title Deutsch: Grabkammer des Panehsi, Priester, Szene: Esel mit Bauern Date Deutsch: um 1298-1235 v. Chr. English: c. 1298-1235 BCE Medium Deutsch: Wandbild Dimensions Deutsch: 30 × 61 cm Current location Deutsch: Grab des Panehsi Deutsch: Theben Source/Photographer The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei. DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN 3936122202. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. http://mail.wikipedia.org/piperma il/wikide-l/2005-April/012195.html PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Maler_der_Grabk ammer_des_Panehsi_001.jpg/1024px-Maler_d er_Grabkammer_des_Panehsi_001.jpg | |
5,500 YBN [3500 BC] | 634) The Egyptian calendar (12 months of 30 days, plus 5 extra days). |
[1] Egyptian Calendar UNKNOWN source: http://analyzer.depaul.edu/paper plate/2002%20vernal%20equinox/Egyptian_c alendar_dark.jpg | |
5,500 YBN [3500 BC] | 646) The earliest known wheel, a pottery wheel. | Mesopotamia (and a similar pottery wheel from Choga Mish, Iran) |
[1] These pots, found at al`Ubaid type site itself are typical of last phase of Ubaid pottery found throughout much of Mesopotamia, including Uruk. London: British Museum. [t Note that the first and tihrd match figures in Woolley's 1982 book.] PD source: http://www.hartford-hwp.com/imag e_archive/ue/pottery03.jpg [2] 14. Pottery jar of Jemdat Nasr type. It was found in the al`Ain region of the United Arab Emirates, which attests to contacts between Mesopotamia and Oman peninsula—an important source of copper. Ca. 3000 BC. London: British Museum. UNKNOWN source: http://www.hartford-hwp.com/imag e_archive/ue/pottery02.jpg |
5,490 YBN [3490 BC] | 702) Cotton is grown in Peru. | Northwestern Peru|Indus valley |
[1] English: cotton plant, Texas, 1996, after chemical haulm (topkilling Chemical ; usually by the Monosodium methyl arsenate used to quickly kill the leaves that would interfere with harvesting machines). This chemical is a growing source of residual contamination of soils by arsenic, which is not degradable; Photo courtesy of USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. http://photogallery.nrcs.usda. gov/Index.asp This came from the website PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/6/68/CottonPlant.JPG /1024px-CottonPlant.JPG |
5,350 YBN [3350 BC] | 1261) Writing on clay tablets. Symbols that represent a product (such as cows, sheep, and cereals), drawn with a stylus on clay tablets, are the earliest record of what will become the modern alphabet. The training of scribes is an early school. These tablets contain a record of objects owned or traded, and contain no stories. | Uruk |
[1] MS 4551 Account of grain products, bread, beer, butter oil. Sumer 32nd century COPYRIGHTED? source: http://www.earth-history.com/_im ages/ms4551.jpg [2] MS2963 Account of male and female slaves Sumer c3300-3200BCE COPYRIGHTED? source: http://www.earth-history.com/_im ages/ms2963.jpg |
5,310 YBN [3310 BC] | 704) Ox pulled vehicles with wheels. | (TRB - Funnel Beaker culture) Bronocice, Krakow, Poland |
[1] Stuart and Piggott, ''The Earliest Wheeled Transport'', 1983, p40,62-63. COPYRIGHTED source: Stuart and Piggott, "The Earliest Wheeled Transport", 1983, p40,62-63. [2] According to: http://www.britishmuseum.org/explor e/highlights/highlight_objects/me/t/the_ standard_of_ur.aspx 2600-2400 BC According to: http://sumerianshakespeare.com/687045.ht ml this image is 4500 years old - putting it at 2500bce - get more evidence of age [1] Description English: detail of the ''Standard of Ur'', ca. 2500 BC. Date 2500 BC Source http://www.alexandriaarchive.org/op encontext/iraq_ghf/ur_standard/ur_standa rd_8.jpg Author Anonymous Permission (Reusing this file) See below. PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/7/7d/Ur_chariot.jpg |
5,100 YBN [3100 BC] | 641) The earliest record of a belief in Gods and Goddesses. | Uruk |
[1] Archaic Bookkeeping,Nissen,1993,p20-21. COPYRIGHTED source: Archaic Bookkeeping,Nissen,1993,p20-21. |
5,000 YBN [3000 BC] | 569) The earliest stringed musical instrument (the lyre and the harp). | Sumer (modern Iraq) |
[1] Bearded Harpists, detail from Sumerian tablet in the Temple of Sin in Khafage, Mesopotamia (presently Iraq) c 3000 BC. Reprinted by permission from The Harp by Rajka Dobronic-Mazzoni. Published by Graficki Zavrod Hrvatske, OOUR, Izdavcka djelatnost, Preobrazenska 4, Zagreb, Croatia, 1989 PD source: http://www.harpspectrum.org/time line/images/mesopotamia_1.jpg [2] Harp-player of Sumer, from a plaque of Khafaje (After Heras, 1953, p. 182). PD source: http://www.hindunet.org/hindu_hi story/sarasvati/html/HARPPL-1.jpg |
5,000 YBN [3000 BC] | 596) Written symbols are combined to form words; there is a transition from word-writing to sound-writing in Sumarian. The vast majority of Sumerian language is made of one-syllable words. This suggests that all earlier spoken languages contained only single-syllable words. | Jemdet Nasr |
[1] Fischer, S.R. A History of Writing. Reaktion, 2001. Globalities Series. p47-48. COPYRIGHTED source: Fischer, S.R. A History of Writing. Reaktion, 2001. Globalities Series. p47-48. [2] Source: http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/vajda/ling201 /writingsystems/sumeriancuneiform.htm U NKNOWN source: http://www.omniglot.com/images/w riting/sumerian_glyphs.jpg |
5,000 YBN [3000 BC] | 628) Bronze (copper and tin) are smelted and casted. The start of the Bronze Age. | Tell Judaidah, Turkey|Egypt |
[1] Tell Judaidah bronze figurines These figurines of men and women from Tell Judaidah, Turkey, are the oldest examples of true bronze (combination of copper and tin) known. They date to about 3000 B.C. The male figures were originally equipped as warriors, and the women were dressed with accessories of precious metal. They are the forerunners of later figurines of gods who were ''dressed'' in gold and silver. Recently, the ore content of the figurines was tested at the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory. UNKNOWN source: http://www-news.uchicago.edu/rel eases/05/050112.oi-3.jpg [2] Female Figurine Amuq Valley Tell Judaidah Turkey Amuq G Early Bronze Age I (3400-2750 BCE) Bronze Photographed at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. UNKNOWN source: http://farm3.staticflickr.com/26 18/3859375883_ccc6b90ec4_b.jpg |
5,000 YBN [3000 BC] | 650) Cuneiform writing. | Uruk |
[1] Archaic Bookkeeping,Nissen,1993,p118. COPYRIGHTED source: Archaic Bookkeeping,Nissen,1993,p118. [2] Description Cuneiform script tablet from the Kirkor Minassian collection in the Library of Congress. From Year 6 in the reign from Amar-Suena/Amar-Sin between 2041 and 2040 BC. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.amed/amcune.cf001 3 Date 2012-02-28 16:01 (UTC) Source This file was derived from: Cuneiform_script2.jpg Cuneiform script2.jpg Author Cuneiform_script2.jpg: derivative work: Yjenith (talk) PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/1/19/Cuneiform_script2.png |
5,000 YBN [3000 BC] | 664) Soldering of metals. | Tell al-'Ubaid|Mesopotamia |
[1] Im-Dugud El-Ubaid Mesopotamia the earliest soft solder 3000BC, presumably with tin UNKNOWN source: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3 116/2778973410_6db0e4ab03_o.jpg} http://www.britishmuseum.org/images/ps16 5397_l.jpg [2] {ULSF: Note that this may not be the earliest known soldered (soft-soldered joint) material presumably with tin- update- this is the correct panel- it's shown by the Singer source in the Footnotes} Copper frieze From the temple of Ninhursag, Tell al-'Ubaid, southern Iraq About 2600-2400 BC COPYRIGHTED source: http://link.springer.com/article /10.1007%2FBF03216523?LI=true# |
5,000 YBN [3000 BC] | 672) The earliest dam. | Wadi Gerrawi, Egypt |
[1] M. Kassas and M. Imam, ''Habitat and Plant Communities in the Egyptian Desert: III. The Wadi Bed Ecosystem'', Journal of Ecology, Vol. 42, No. 2 (Jul., 1954), pp. 424-441 http://www.jstor.org/stable/225 6869 COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2256 869 |
5,000 YBN [3000 BC] | 675) The earliest silver objects. | Ur |
[1] Queen Shub-ad harp with silver Woolley, C. Leonard, and L. Legrain. Ur excavations. Oxford University Press, 1934. http://www.clintgoss.com/flutoped ia.com/refs/Woolley_1934_UrExcavations_V ol02_excerpt_FP.pdf COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.clintgoss.com/flutope dia.com/refs/Woolley_1934_UrExcavations_ Vol02_excerpt_FP.pdf |
5,000 YBN [3000 BC] | 676) Metal casting where wax is melted in a clay mold. |
[1] Trevor I. Williams, ''A history of invention : from stone axes to silicon chips '', (New York: Checkmark Books, 2000), p79. source: Trevor I. Williams, "A history of invention : from stone axes to silicon chips ", (New York: Checkmark Books, 2000), p79. [2] Description English: Liquid bronze at 1200°C is poured into the dried and empty casting mold. Date Source Own work Author Takkk CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/d/de/Born_bronze_-_Bronze_ casts.jpg | |
5,000 YBN [3000 BC] | 1276) The first recorded political assembly. | Sumer, Uruk, Kish |
[1] Kramer, Samuel Noah, and Thorkild Jacobsen. “Gilgamesh and Agga.” American Journal of Archaeology 53.1 (1949): 1–18. http://www.jstor.org/stable/501 208 COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.jstor.org/stable/5012 08 [2] Kramer, Samuel Noah, and Thorkild Jacobsen. “Gilgamesh and Agga.” American Journal of Archaeology 53.1 (1949): 1–18. http://www.jstor.org/stable/501 208 COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.jstor.org/stable/5012 08 |
5,000 YBN [3000 BC] | 6222) The inclined plane (or ramp). | Egypt? |
[1] Description A free body diagram of a mass on an inclined plane Date 27 May 2007 Source Own work Author Mets501 CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Free_body.svg/1 000px-Free_body.svg.png |
5,000 YBN [3000 BC] | 6226) The abacus; a counting and calculating device. | Mesopotamia |
[1] Suanpan (the number represented in the picture is 6,302,715,408). [t Note that each place represents a decimal place, and a bead on top at the bar indicates +5, a bead on bottom at the bar +1.] English: Abacus Scanned and uploaded by Malcolm Farmer (englische Wikipedia) Source: Article for ''abacus'', 9th edition Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 1 (1875) PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/a/af/Abacus_6.png |
4,980 YBN [2980 BC] | 654) The earliest pyramid in Egypt, designed by the earliest known scientist, Imhotep. | Sakkara, Egypt |
[1] Description English: The Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, Egypt. Date 6 February 2010 Source Own work Author Wknight94 talk GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Pyramid_of_Djos er_2010.jpg/1280px-Pyramid_of_Djoser_201 0.jpg |
4,800 YBN [2800 BC] | 6565) Musical reed instruments. | Greece |
[1] Description figurines of a flutist (playing a flute of the en:aulos type) and a harpplayer, bronze age, 2600 B.C., from the Greek island en:Keros in the island group of the Cyclades. On display at the en:National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Date see metadata Source Own work (my camera) Author sailko GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/8/85/Cycladic_idol_03_2_re touched.jpg [2] Artist English: Euaion Painter Français : Peintre d'Euaion Description English: Youth playing the aulos, detail of a banquet scene. Tondo of an Attic red-figure cup, ca. 460 BC–450 BC. Français : Jeune garçon jouant de l'aulos, détail d'une scène de banquet. Tondo d'une coupe attique à figures rouges, v. 460–450 av. J.-C. Dimensions D. 31.1 cm (12 in.) Current location (Inventory)Louvre MuseumLink back to Institution infobox template Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Sully, first floor, room 43, case 24 Accession number G 467 Credit line Campana Collection, 1861 References ARV² 792,47; Add² 290 Source/Photographer Jastrow (2008) PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/3/33/Banquet_Euaion_Louvre _G467_n2.jpg |
4,750 YBN [2750 BC] | 320) The earliest metal saw. | Mesopotamia |
[1] [t Note that these are not the oldest known saws, but more recent saws from Minoa.] Figures from: Wells, H. Bartlett, ''The Position of the Large Bronze Saws of Minoan Crete in the History of Tool Making'', Expedition, 16.4, 1974, p2-8. http://www.penn.museum/expedition -back-issues/114-volumes-11-20/560-exped ition-volume-16-number-4-summer-1974.htm l source: http://www.penn.museum/expeditio n-back-issues/114-volumes-11-20/560-expe dition-volume-16-number-4-summer-1974.ht ml [2] Saws from: [1] Deshayes, Jean, ''Les outils de bronze, de l'Indus au Danube (IVe au IIe millénaire)'', Librairie orientaliste P. Geuthner/Paris, 1960 {Deshayes_Les_Outils_1960.pdf} CO PYRIGHTED source: Deshayes, Jean, "Les outils de bronze, de l'Indus au Danube (IVe au IIe millénaire)", Librairie orientaliste P. Geuthner/Paris, 1960 |
4,700 YBN [2700 BC] | 1052) The earliest arch. | Nippur, Mesopotamia |
[1] One of the most ancient arches as yet discovered is that which was brough to light during the course of the excavations carried on ... at the ancient city of Nuippur (cf. Fig. 15). It was found at a great depth below the surface of the mound, being more than 22 1/2 feet below the pavement of Ur-Engur (c2400BC), and 14 feet below that of Naram-Sin (c2700 BC) Handcock, P.S.P. Mesopotamian Archaeology: An Introduction to the Archaeology of Babylonia and Assyria. Putnam, 1912. http://books.google.com/books?id= ErcoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA170 PD source: http://books.google.com/books?id =ErcoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA170 |
4,500 YBN [2500 BC] | 635) Iron is smelted and casted. The start of the Iron Age in Turkey. | Alaca Höyük in northern Anatolia (modern Turkey)|Palestine|Tell Hammeh (az-Zarqa), Jordan|Central Europe and north Assyria |
[1] Description Dagger with iron blade and golden hilt from Alaca Höyük. Early evidence for the use of iron in Anatolia. Date 2005 Source Own work Author Stipich Béla GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/b/b9/Alaca_H%C3%BCy%C3%BCk _dagger.jpg [2] Xander Veldhuijzen and Eveline van der Steen, ''Iron Production Center Found in the Jordan Valley'', Near Eastern Archaeology, Vol. 62, No. 3 (Sep., 1999), pp. 195-199 Published by: The American Schools of Oriental Research Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3210714 COP YRIGHTED source: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3210 714 |
4,500 YBN [2500 BC] | 637) Scribes change from writing right to left in columns to writing left to right in rows. | Sumer |
[1] Fischer, S.R. A History of Writing. Reaktion, 2001. Globalities Series. p47-48. COPYRIGHTED source: Fischer, S.R. A History of Writing. Reaktion, 2001. Globalities Series. p47-48. [2] Nissen, Archaic Bookkeeping, 1993, p22. COPYRIGHTED AND List of gods in order of seniority: Enlil, Ninlil, Enki, Nergal, Hendursanga, Inanna-Zabalam, Ninebgal, Inanna, Utu, Nanna. Sumerian cuneiform script clay tablet, Sumer, 2400-2200 BC, 1 tablet, 4,7x4,4x1,7 cm, single column, 5+5 lines. Binding: Barking, Essex, 1998, blue cloth gilt folding case by Aquarius. PD source: Nissen, Archaic Bookkeeping, 1993, p22.http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi a/commons/e/e1/Sumerian_MS2272_2400BC.jp g |
4,500 YBN [2500 BC] | 6230) The earliest dice and boardgame. | Ur, Mesopotamia |
[1] The Royal Game of Ur From Ur, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BC One of the most popular games of the ancient world This game board is one of several with a similar layout found by Leonard Woolley in the Royal Cemetery at Ur. The wood had decayed but the inlay of shell, red limestone and lapis lazuli survived in position so that the original shape could be restored. The board has twenty squares made of shell: Five squares each have flower rosettes, 'eyes', and circled dots. The remaining five squares have various designs of five dots. According to references in ancient documents, two players competed to race their pieces from one end of the board to another. Pieces were allowed on to the board at the beginning only with specific throws of the dice. We also know that rosette spaces were lucky. The gaming pieces for this particular board do not survive. However, some sets of gaming pieces of inlaid shale and shell were excavated at Ur with their boards. The boards appear to have been hollow with the pieces stored inside. Dice, either stick dice or tetrahedral in shape, were also found. Examples of this 'Game of Twenty Squares' date from about 3000 BC to the first millennium AD and are found widely from the eastern Mediterranean and Egypt to India. A version of the Mesopotamian game survived within the Jewish community at Cochin, South India until modern times. PD source: http://www.britishmuseum.org/ima ges/ps121289_l.jpg [2] he oldest backgammon in the world along with 60 pieces has been unearthed beneath the rubbles of the legendary Burnt City in Sistan-Baluchistan province, southeastern Iran, Iranian Cultural Heritage News Agency reported. Iranian archeologists working on the relics of the 5,000-year-old civilization argue this backgammon is much older than the one already discovered in Mesopotamia and their evidence is strong enough to claim the board game was first played in the Burnt City and then transferred to other civilizations. ''The backgammon reveals intriguing clues to the lifestyle of those people,'' said Mansour Sajjadi, head of the research team. ''The board is rectangular and made of ebony, which did not grow in Sistan and merchants used to import it from India.'' He added the board features an engraved serpent coiling around itself for 20 times, thus producing 20 slots for the game, more affectionately known in Persian as Nard. The engraving, artistically done, indicates artisans in the Burnt City were masters of the craft. ''The 60 pieces were also unearthed inside a terracotta vessel beside the board. They were made of common stones quarried in the city, including agate and turquoise,'' Sajjadi added. Experts still wonder why they played the game with 60 pieces and are trying to discern its rules, but it at least shows it is 100-200 years older than the one discovered in Mesopotamia. ... PD source: http://www.payvand.com/news/04/d ec/dice-ancient.jpg |
4,450 YBN [2450 BC] | 708) Animal skin is used for writing (the earliest parchment). | Egypt |
[1] Image: A detail of the Ten Commandments scroll. Credit: DCI UNKNOWN source: http://blogs.discovery.com/.a/6a 00d8341bf67c53ef0154384d333c970c-pi |
4,400 YBN [2400 BC] | 1277) The earliest recorded written history. | Lagash |
[1] Nies, James Buchanan, Clarence Elwood Keiser, and Albert Tobias Clay. ''Historical, religious and economic texts and antiquities.'' (1920). http://digital.library.stonybro ok.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/iraqiar cheology/id/25/rec/12 COPYRIGHTED source: http://digital.library.stonybroo k.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/iraqiarc heology/id/25/rec/12 |
4,345 YBN [2345 BC] | 800) Writing on papyrus. | Egypt |
[1] Papyrus Prisse. Egyptien 189. Enseignement de Ptahhotep(217-298) UNKNOWN source: http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148 /btv1b8304612b/f1.highres |
4,300 YBN [2300 BC] | 629) The Akkadian language, the earliest known semitic language. The earliest verb tense, and noun gender. The first dictionary. | Agade, Mesopotamia |
[1] Nissen, H.J. et al. Archaic Bookkeeping: Early Writing and Techniques of Economic Administration in the Ancient Near East. University of Chicago Press, 1994, p124. COPYRIGHTED source: Nissen, H.J. et al. Archaic Bookkeeping: Early Writing and Techniques of Economic Administration in the Ancient Near East. University of Chicago Press, 1994, p124. [2] Fischer, S.R. A History of Writing. Reaktion, 2001. Globalities Series. p50. COPYRIGHTED source: Fischer, S.R. A History of Writing. Reaktion, 2001. Globalities Series. p50. |
4,300 YBN [2300 BC] | 667) The earliest glass making; glass beads. | Mesopotamia |
[1] Figures 2b and 2a from: J. Henderson, J. Evans and K. Nikita, ''ISOTOPIC EVIDENCE FOR THE PRIMARY PRODUCTION, PROVENANCE AND TRADE OF LATE BRONZE AGE GLASS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN'', Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 1‐24. 2010. http://www.rhodes.aegean.gr/maa_j ournal/Henderson%2010_1.pdf COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.rhodes.aegean.gr/maa_ journal/Henderson%2010_1.pdf [2] Glass ingots (inset) from a Bronze Age shipwreck near Turkey fit Egyptian molds. COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.toutankharton.com/IMG /jpg/a6260_1449.jpg |
4,300 YBN [2300 BC] | 1271) The earliest written stories. These consist of epics and myths, hymns and laments, proverbs and wisdom. These writings record a belief in Gods, Goddesses, a Heaven, and an Under World. There are clear similarities between the Sumerian and the later Greek stories, for example stories about the creation of the universe, good and bad deeds of the gods, and of a flood. | Lagash|Nippur |
[1] Photo of Creation and deluge tablet - I did verify that this is the earliest tablet of the earliest written story with Kramer's Sumerian Mythology[t] Arno Poebel, ''Historical and grammatical texts'', vols 1-5, 1914. vol 1: http://books.google.com/books?id=tg0TAAA AYAAJ vol 4: http://books.google.com/books?id=mxwYAAA AYAAJ vol 5: http://books.google.com/books?id=_A0TAAA AYAAJ PD source: http://books.google.com/books?id =_A0TAAAAYAAJ [2] Photo of Creation and deluge tablet - I did verify that this is the earliest tablet of the earliest written story with Kramer's Sumerian Mythology[t] Arno Poebel, ''Historical and grammatical texts'', vols 1-5, 1914. vol 1: http://books.google.com/books?id=tg0TAAA AYAAJ vol 4: http://books.google.com/books?id=mxwYAAA AYAAJ vol 5: http://books.google.com/books?id=_A0TAAA AYAAJ PD source: http://books.google.com/books?id =_A0TAAAAYAAJ |
4,200 YBN [2200 BC] | 6446) Egyptian writing becomes completely phonetic. The first alphabet. | Egypt |
[1] Fischer, S.R. A History of Writing. Reaktion, 2001. Globalities Series. p48. COPYRIGHTED source: Fischer, S.R. A History of Writing. Reaktion, 2001. Globalities Series. p48. |
4,130 YBN [2130 BC] | 6234) The earliest musical horn. | Lagash, Mesopotamia |
[1] [t Note that this is not evidence of the earliest horn, but is from around 1250BC or 700 BCE] Hittites: Musical scene, Carchemish Height: 100 cm, 700 BC. Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara Three men are playing a drum, while on the left a man is holding a horn-shaped instrument to his mouth with both hands. PD source: http://farm1.staticflickr.com/6/ 10156251_017f473153_b.jpg |
4,100 YBN [2100 BC] | 1279) The earliest Health science text. | Nippur |
[1] Cuneiform medical recipes Picture from a reproduction of the original clay tablet dug in Nippur, Sumer, dated from the III millennium before Christ, and kept in the Museum of the University of Philadelphia (USA). This is considered to be the earliest medical recipes manual known. Thew original picture at 7 Mpixel resolution is available from the author. CC source: http://farm4.staticflickr.com/33 27/3524713203_7d0a64d7aa_b.jpg [2] Figure 2:The oldest medical text “handbook” Clay Tablet with pharmacological inscription from Nuppur late 3rd Millennium B.C. University museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia USA . UNKNOWN source: http://www.ispub.com/journal/the -internet-journal-of-health/volume-5-num ber-1/surgical-medical-and-anesthesia-in -the-middle-east-notes-on-ancient-and-me dieval-practice-with-reference-to-islami c-arabic-medicine.article-g05.fs.jpg |
4,100 YBN [2100 BC] | 6376) The first place value number system, a sexagesimal (base 60) number system. Fractional values such as 1/60 and 1/3600 are also in use. | Babylonia |
[1] Archaic Bookkeeping, Nissen, 1993, pp145. COPYRIGHTED source: Archaic Bookkeeping, Nissen, 1993, pp145. [2] Archaic Bookkeeping, Nissen, 1993, pp145. COPYRIGHTED source: Archaic Bookkeeping, Nissen, 1993, pp145. |
4,050 YBN [2050 BC] | 1278) The earliest recorded laws. | Ur |
[1] Tablet 3191 20 x 10 cm sun-baked tablet. Kramer, ''History Begins At Sumer'', 1956, p53. source: Kramer, "History Begins At Sumer", 1956, p53. [2] [t Note - this doesn't look like JKramer's image''] The Code of Ur-Namma, the world's first known codified list of laws. See the laws of Ur-Namma. source: http://sumerianshakespeare.com/m ediac/450_0/media/fa2c170b2842c984ffff80 05ffffe415.jpg |
4,000 YBN [2000 BC] | 706) Humans ride horses. | Kazakhstan |
[1] Tell-tale signs of 'bit damage' found by researchers in Kazakhstan are evidence that horses were harnessed and may have been ridden as early as 5,500 years ago. Researchers found traces of the use of thong bridles, which are simply leather thongs draped over the gap between the teeth of a horse's lower jaw and knotted under the chin, with the trailing ends acting as the reins. This is a depiction of the use of a rawhide thong bridle on a primitive domesticated horse. The thong loops over the bar, or diastema, between the anterior and cheek teeth, and is knotted below the chin. Credit: Illustration by Sandra Olsen, Carnegie Museum of Natural History Evidence of thong bridle use suggests horses may have been ridden as early as 5,500 years ago. Illustration by Sandra Olsen, Carnegie Museum of Natural History PD source: http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/medi a/images/horse1_f.jpg [2] Outram, Alan K. et al. “The Earliest Horse Harnessing and Milking.” Science 323.5919 (2009): 1332 –1335. Print. http://www.sciencemag.org/conten t/323/5919/1332.short AND http://www.jstor.org/stable/2547163 9 source: http://www.sciencemag.org/conten t/323/5919/1332.short |
4,000 YBN [2000 BC] | 711) The earliest spoked wheel. Spokes make the wheel lighter in weight. |
[1] Fig. 4. Rakhigarhi: Terracotta wheel. The painted lines radiating from the central hub and reaching the circumference clearly represent the spokes of the wheel. Mature Harappan. UNKNOWN source: http://www.sksuman.110mb.com/ind ex_files/image542.jpg [2] Fig. 5. Banawali: Terracotta wheels showing the spokes in low relief. The specimen on the left is worn out but the spokes may still be seen. The specimen on the right, though broken, shows the spokes very clearly. Mature Harappan. UNKNOWN source: http://www.sksuman.110mb.com/ind ex_files/image620.jpg | |
4,000 YBN [2000 BC] | 733) The earliest lock and key. | Nineveh, Assyria on the Tigris River |
[1] Ancient wooden lock and key from Khorsabad (Much reduced) COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topi c/preservation/science/inventions/chpt8. htm |
4,000 YBN [2000 BC] | 1283) The earliest library catalog. | Nippur an ancient city of Babylonia on the Euphrates River southeast of Babylon |
[1] PLATE II OLDEST LITERARY CATALOGUE This plate illustrates a literary catalogue compiled in approximately 2000 B. C. (clay tablet 29.15.155 in the Nippur collection of the University Museum). The upper part represents the tablet itself; the lower part, the author's hand copy of the tablet. The titles of those compositions whose actual contents we can now reconstruct in large part are as follows: 1. Hymn of King Shulgi (approximately 2100 B. C.). 2. Hymn of King Lipit-Ishtar (approximately 1950 B. C.). 3. Myth, ''The Creation of the Pickax'' (see p. 51). 4. Hymn to Inanna, queen of heaven. 5. Hymn to Enlil, the air-god. 6. Hymn to the temple of the mother-goddess Ninhursag in the city of Kesh. 7. Epic tale, ''Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Nether World'' (see p. 30). 8. Epic tale, ''Inanna and Ebih'' (see p. 82). 9. Epic tale, ''Gilgamesh and Huwawa.'' 10. Epic tale, ''Gilgamesh and Agga.'' 11. Myth, ''Cattle and Grain'' (see p. 53). 12. Lamentation over the fall of Agade in the time of Naram-Sin (approximately 2400 B. C.). 13. Lamentation over the destruction of Ur. This composition, consisting of 436 lines, has been almost completely reconstructed and published by the author as Assyriological Study No. 12 of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. 14. Lamentation over the destruction of Nippur. 15. Lamentation over the destruction of Sumer. 16. Epic tale, ''Lugalbanda and Enmerkar.'' 17. Myth, ''Inanna's Descent to the Nether World'' (see p. 83). 18. Perhaps a hymn to Inanna. 19. Collection of short hymns to all the important temples of Sumer. 20. Wisdom compositions describing the activities of a boy training to be a scribe. 21. Wisdom composition, ''Instructions of a Peasant to His Son.'' 16 PD source: http://www.sacred-texts.com/ane/ sum/img/pl02.jpg |
4,000 YBN [2000 BC] | 6236) Metal is traded as money. | Babylonia |
[1] Copper ingot from Zakros, Crete Photo by Chris 73 GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/0/02/Copper_Ingot_Crete.jp g |
4,000 YBN [2000 BC] | 6542) The vegetables leek, garlic and onion are grown around the fertile crescent. | Mesopotamia |
[1] Description English: Leek field in Italy Date 19 January 2008, 10:07 Source Flickr: Porri, Lauch, Leek Author Peter Forster CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Leek_field_in_I taly_3.jpg/640px-Leek_field_in_Italy_3.j pg |
3,700 YBN [1700 BC] | 1280) The earliest agricultural science text. | Nippur |
[1] Samual Kramer, ''History Begins at Sumer'', (Garden City, NY: Doubleday Anchor Books, 1959), 3rd edition, 1981, p66. copyrighted source: Samual Kramer, "History Begins at Sumer", (Garden City, NY: Doubleday Anchor Books, 1959), 3rd edition, 1981, p66. |
3,650 YBN [1650 BC] | 716) The earliest mathematical text. | Egypt |
[1] Description Rhind Mathematical Papyrus Thebes, End of the Second Intermediate Period (c.1550 BC) Acquired by the Scottish lawyer A.H. Rhind during his sojourn in Thebes in the 1850s. Overall length 319 cm, width: 34.3 cm Frame length: 216 cm, width: 43 cm British Museum EA 10057 Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan Date 21 May 2006 Source http://www.archaeowiki.org/Image:Rhind_ Mathematical_Papyrus.jpg Author Paul James Cowie (Pjamescowie) source: http://kak.ru/vimg/article/f304a d8044c45bfa5b9a21fd400ae5b2.gif [2] Rhind Mathematical Papyrus UNKNOWN source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoft heworld/images/emp/00017_02.jpg |
3,531 YBN [1531 BC] | 639) The first planet, Venus, is recognized in Babylon. | Babylon |
[1] Description English: Venus Tablet of Ammisaduqa. Neo-Assyrian period. Date 15 July 2010 Current location [show]British Museum Source/Photographer Fæ (Own work) Permission (Reusing this file) See below. British Museum reference K.160 Detailed description Upper part of a clay tablet, 3 pieces, beginning of obverse and the end of reverse are wanting, astrological forecasts, a copy of the so-called Venus Tablet of Ammisaduqa, Neo-Assyrian. ~ Description extract from BM record. Size Length: 17.14 cm (6.75 in) Width: 9.2 cm (3.6 in) Thickness: 2.22 cm (0.87 in) Location Room 55 CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/b/bb/Venus_Tablet_of_Ammis aduqa.jpg |
3,500 YBN [1500 BC] | 624) The earliest oven-baked mud brick (or "burned brick"). | Ur, Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) |
[1] [t Note that this is not the oldest baked brick as far as I know] Description العربية: أنقاض مدينة أور الأثرية في محافظة ذي قار جنوب العراق English: Ruins in the Town of Ur, Southern Iraq Español: Ruinas de la ciuad de Ur con el Zigurat de Ur-Nammu al fondo a las afueras de Nasiriyah. Date 20 June 2006 Source Flickr Author M.Lubinski from Iraq,USA. CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Ur-Nassiriyah.j pg/1280px-Ur-Nassiriyah.jpg |
3,500 YBN [1500 BC] | 723) The earliest pulley. | Nimroud, Assyria |
[1] Part of a Bas-relief showing a Pulley, and a Warrior originally in the most ancient palace of Nimroud. PD source: http://www.ctesiphon.com/auction s/Nineve-Remains-NY-1854-s-g.jpg [2] Description Ilustración de una polea simple fija. Date 7 agugust 2004 Source Own work Author César Rincón GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/a/a3/Polea-simple-fija.jpg |
3,500 YBN [1500 BC] | 1516) The "Vedas", four ancient Indian collections of poems or hymns, originate as an oral tradition. | India |
[1] Geographic horizon of the Rigveda, with river names. Also indicated are the extent of the contemporary Swat and Cemetary H cultures, and the location of Harappa. GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/d/d5/Rigvedic_geography.jp g |
3,500 YBN [1500 BC] | 6228) The water clock (or Clepsydra {KlePSi-Dru}). | Egypt |
[1] clepsydra Egyptian clepsydra An Egyptian clepsydra Also known as a water clock, an instrument in which the discharge of water from a storage tank is monitored in order to measure the passing of time. Clepsydras were used from ancient times until the Renaissance. ''Clepsydra'' is Greek for ''water thief.'' UNKNOWN source: http://www.daviddarling.info/ima ges/Egyptian_clepsydra.jpg [2] The Karnak clepsydra In 1904, archaeological excavations within the ancient temple complex of Karnak in Egypt led to the recovery of fragments of a large conical vessel. The presence of an outlet near the base, plus calibration scales on the interior walls, showed the object to be a classic example of an outflow clepsydra. Figure 6: A full-size reconstruction of the Karnak clepsydraA full-size reconstruction (Fig. 6) may be seen in the New Walk Museum, and illustrates how it could act as a timekeeper independent of the Sun. The vessel is filled with water to a mark near the rim, and then allowed to empty via a narrow jet near the base. With a cylindrical container the rate of flow diminishes as the head of water within the pot decreases, so the water surface drops more slowly with time. The ancient Egyptian designer (Amenhemhet, about 1550 B.C.) has cleverly compensated for this by employing a conical vessel, and trials conducted during the construction of this exhibit have shown that the chosen angle gives rise to an excellent approximation to a linear descent of the water surface. The hieroglyphics covering the outside of the vessel (delineated by Dr. Sarah Symons) do not explain how the water clock was to be used: they are simply traditional decorations in praise of the gods. More information is given alongside the exhibit. UNKNOWN source: http://www.sundials.co.uk/leices ter/fig06.jpg |
3,500 YBN [1500 BC] | 6456) The earliest American city, an Olmec city in Veracruz, Mexico. | (El Manati shrine, near modern) San Lorenzo, Veracruz, Mexico |
[1] Edited CabezaColosal1 MuseoXalapa.jpg file already in Commons by adding a white line to visually separate the two photos/views. GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/2/20/CabezaColosal1_MuseoX alapa_v1.1.jpg |
3,450 YBN [1450 BC] | 6449) The first letters that represent vowel sounds. | Ugarit (modern Ra's Shamra on Syria's north coast) |
[1] 14th century BC provenance Ugarit area Syria per iod 2000-1000 BC size 1.3 cm x 5.1 cm materials Clay . themes Commerce. Communication. Daily Life. and alphabet UNKNOWN source: http://www.unesco.org/culture/mu seum-for-dialogue/images/items/650/021.j pghttp://www.websters-online-dictionary. org/images/wiki/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/U garitic_alphabet.png [2] Ugarit tablet datation 14th century BC provenance Ugarit area Syria per iod 2000-1000 BC size 1.3 cm x 5.1 cm materials Clay . themes Commerce. Communication. Daily Life. and alphabet UNKNOWN source: http://www.unesco.org/culture/mu seum-for-dialogue/images/items/650/021.j pghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ commons/thumb/d/dd/Ugaritic-alphabet-cha rt.svg/1000px-Ugaritic-alphabet-chart.sv g.png http://www.oocities.org/encyclope dia_damascena/ancientsyria/images/mus013 .jpg |
3,400 YBN [1400 BC] | 6454) The earliest Chinese writing. | near Anyang, north-central China |
[1] Fischer, S.R. A History of Writing. Reaktion, 2001. Globalities Series. p171. COPYRIGHTED source: Fischer, S.R. A History of Writing. Reaktion, 2001. Globalities Series. p171. [2] Description English: Ox scapula with a divination inscription from the Shang Dynasty, dating to the reign of King Wu Ding. Unearthed at Anyang, Henan Province. Held at the National Museum of China in Beijing. Date 2 August 2011 Source Own work Author BabelStone CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Shang_dynasty_i nscribed_scapula.jpg/684px-Shang_dynasty _inscribed_scapula.jpg |
3,350 YBN [1350 BC] | 6561) Welding of metals using heat and hammering. | Egypt |
[1] Items from inside King Tutankhamen's tomb UNKNOWN source: http://castle.pri.ee/wp-content/ uploads/2010/08/210403_3.jpg |
3,348 YBN [1348 BC] | 2727) Monotheism, the theory that only one God exists. | Amarna, Egypt |
[1] Antiquit� �gyptienne, Akh�naton, Mus�e �gyptien du Caire, (�gypte). Statue of Akhenaten depicted in a style typical of the Amarna period, on display at the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Cairo Reign 1353 BC � 1336 BC[2] or 1352 BC � 1336 BC[3] or 1351�1334 BC[4] CC source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:GD-EG-Caire-Mus%C3%A9e061.JPG [2] English: Amun and Mut Nederlands: Amon en Mut Source http://runeberg.org/nfba/04 95.html PD source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima ge:Amon_och_Mut%2C_Nordisk_familjebok.pn g |
3,300 YBN [1300 BC] | 736) Two piece mold metal casting. | Mesopotamia |
[1] Half of a two-piece limestone mould for casting a flat-bladed tool, 1650-1050 BC (1899,1229.91). COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.britishmuseum.org/col lectionimages/AN00854/AN00854035_001_l.j pg |
3,300 YBN [1300 BC] | 5862) The earliest written musical notation and musical composition. | Ur, Babylonia|Mesopotamia |
[1] Tablet U.3011 (handcopy of O. R. Gurney, 1974) Volume 32 of the Old Babylonian Encyclopaedia Nabnitu (Creature) UNKNOWN source: http://www.kingmixers.com/images /tablet.jpg |
3,150 YBN [1150 BC] | 6447) The Phoenician alphabet, the ancestor of the Greek alphabet. | (coastal centers) Byblos, Tyre, Sidon, Beurut, and Ashkelon |
[1] Fischer, S.R. A History of Writing. Reaktion, 2001. Globalities Series. p48. COPYRIGHTED source: Fischer, S.R. A History of Writing. Reaktion, 2001. Globalities Series. p48. [2] Fischer, S.R. A History of Writing. Reaktion, 2001. Globalities Series. p54. COPYRIGHTED source: Fischer, S.R. A History of Writing. Reaktion, 2001. Globalities Series. p54. |
3,000 YBN [1000 BC] | 746) Complex pulleys. |
[1] Diagram 3a: A simple compound pulley system—a movable pulley and a fixed pulley lifting weight W, with an additional pulley redirecting the lifting force downward. The tension in each line is W/3, yielding an advantage of 3. PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Pulley2a.svg/10 00px-Pulley2a.svg.png [2] Publishing, DK. Science: The Definitive Visual Guide. DK Publishing, 2009, p41. COPYRIGHTED source: Publishing, DK. Science: The Definitive Visual Guide. DK Publishing, 2009, p41. | |
3,000 YBN [1000 BC] | 6237) The earliest lens. | Nimrud, Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) |
[1] Description English: Photo of the Nimrud lens in the british museum Date feb 2011 Source Photo by user:geni Author Geni CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/6/65/Nimrud_lens_British_M useum.jpg |
3,000 YBN [1000 BC] | 6448) The Aramaic alphabet, the ancestor of Hebrew, Arabic, and probably the alphabets of India. |
[1] Summary Pergamonmuseum, Eck-Orthostat des Fürsten Kilamuwa, Samal (heute Zincirli, Türkei), selbst fotografiert. Memorial stone of Kilamuwa King of Sam'al (Zincirli), c. 850 B.C., written in aramean. CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Pergamonmuseum_ -_Vorderasiatisches_Museum_046.JPG/768px -Pergamonmuseum_-_Vorderasiatisches_Muse um_046.JPG [2] Fischer, S.R. A History of Writing. Reaktion, 2001. Globalities Series. p54. COPYRIGHTED source: Fischer, S.R. A History of Writing. Reaktion, 2001. Globalities Series. p54. | |
3,000 YBN [1000 BC] | 6450) The earliest Hebrew writing. | Khirbet Qeiyafa near the Elah valley, Israel |
[1] Fischer, S.R. A History of Writing. Reaktion, 2001. Globalities Series. p96. COPYRIGHTED source: Fischer, S.R. A History of Writing. Reaktion, 2001. Globalities Series. p96. [2] The deciphered text: Hebrew transliteration: English translation: {....................... .....................................} 1′ you shall not do {it}, but worship the {Lord}. 2′ Judge the sla{ve} and the wid{ow} / Judge the orph{an} 3′ {and} the stranger. {Pl}ead for the infant / plead for the po{or and} 4′ the widow. Rehabilitate {the poor} at the hands of the king. 5′ Protect the po{or and} the slave / {supp}ort the stranger. UNKNOWN source: http://wordpress.haifa.ac.il/wp- content/uploads/2010/01/d797d7a8d7a1-2.j pg |
2,850 YBN [850 BC] | 751) The Greek alphabet. | Greece |
[1] National Archaeological Museum of Greece Discovered in 1871 near Athens’s Dipylon Gate, this jug, dating to around 740 B.C., bears one of the earliest Greek alphabetic inscriptions: “Whoever of all the dancers now dances most friskily.” The vase was probably awarded to the winner of a dance competition, like the one described by Homer in Book VIII of the Odyssey. UNKNOWN source: http://www.basarchive.org/bswb_g raphics/BSAO/01/01/BSAO010104800L.jpg [2] Description English: One of the four oldest known samples of the use of the Greek alphabet. It has been dated to ca. 740 BCE. ...(h)ος νῦν ὀρχεστôν πάντον ἀταλό(τατα)... Date 20 March 2010 Source Durutomo Author Durutomo The text of the inscription runs: ΗΟΣΝΥΝΟΡΧΕΣΤΟΝΠΑΝΤΟΝ ΑΤΑΛΟΤΑΤΑΠΑΙΖΕΙΤΟΤΟΔ ΕΚΛΜΙΝ In modern scholarly editions this is transcribed as: hος νῦν ὀρχεστôν πάντον ἀταλότατα παίζει, τô τόδε κλ[.]μιν[...] This corresponds to the following in the later classical orthography in Greek (using the Ionian form of the Greek alphabet), with the metric feet of the hexameter indicated: ὃς νῦν source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Dipylon_Inscrip tion.JPG/1280px-Dipylon_Inscription.JPG |
2,800 YBN [800 BC] | 6452) The Indian alphabets of India and South-East Asia. | India |
[1] Fischer, S.R. A History of Writing. Reaktion, 2001. Globalities Series. p107. COPYRIGHTED source: Fischer, S.R. A History of Writing. Reaktion, 2001. Globalities Series. p107. [2] Fischer, S.R. A History of Writing. Reaktion, 2001. Globalities Series. p109. COPYRIGHTED source: Fischer, S.R. A History of Writing. Reaktion, 2001. Globalities Series. p109. |
2,785 YBN [785 BC] | 771) Eclipses are predicted by Babylonian astronomers. |
[1] by Ted Huntington PD source: my own based on info from http://www.britannica.com/eb/art-3466?ar ticleTypeId=1 and http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/fac tsheet/sunfact.html | |
2,690 YBN [690 BC] | 1066) The earliest aquaduct, a channel to move water from one place to another near Nineveh. | Jerwan, Nineveh |
[1] Thorkild Jacobsen and Seton Lloyd, Sennacherib's Aqueduct at Jerwan, Oriental Institute Publication 24, University of Chicago Press, 1935 http://oi.uchicago.edu/pdf/oip24.p df UNKNOWN source: http://oi.uchicago.edu/pdf/oip24 [2] Ruined corbelled arch of an aqueduct, Jerwan, Iraq, 1977. Credit: Spectrum Colour Library / Heritage-Images Additional information Ruined corbelled arch of an aqueduct, Jerwan, Iraq, 1977. Built in around 700 BC by the Assyrian King Sennacherib to supply water to his capital city, Nineveh, this is thought to be the oldest aqueduct in the world. COPYRIGHTED source: http://watermarked.heritage-imag es.com/2332294.jpg |
2,690 YBN [690 BC] | 6378) The earliest concrete (lime cement mixed with limestone); used in an aqueduct. | Jerwan, Nineveh |
[1] Plate 14 image B from: Thorkild Jacobsen and Seton Lloyd, Sennacherib's Aqueduct at Jerwan, Oriental Institute Publication 24, University of Chicago Press, 1935 http://oi.uchicago.edu/pdf/oip24.p df UNKNOWN source: http://oi.uchicago.edu/pdf/oip24 [2] Thorkild Jacobsen and Seton Lloyd, Sennacherib's Aqueduct at Jerwan, Oriental Institute Publication 24, University of Chicago Press, 1935 http://oi.uchicago.edu/pdf/oip24.p df UNKNOWN source: http://oi.uchicago.edu/pdf/oip24 |
2,651 YBN [651 BC] | 6337) All planets visible to the naked eye (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn) are clearly distinguished from stars in Babylonia. | Babylonia |
[1] A. Sachs, ''Babylonian Observational Astronomy'', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences , Vol. 276, No. 1257, The Place of Astronomy in the Ancient World (May 2, 1974), pp. 43-50 http://www.jstor.org/stable/74273 COPYRIGHTED source: http://www.jstor.org/stable/7427 3 |
2,650 YBN [650 BC] | 6458) The Etruscan {iTruSKeN} alphabet. |
[1] Fischer, S.R. A History of Writing. Reaktion, 2001. Globalities Series. p104. COPYRIGHTED source: Fischer, S.R. A History of Writing. Reaktion, 2001. Globalities Series. p104. [2] The Marsiliana Tablet (Ivory, 650 B.C.) and Etruscan alphabets (click image to enlarge): UNKNOWN source: http://www.ou.edu/class/ahi4163/ slides3/alphabet.gif | |
2,622 YBN [622 BC] | 826) The Old Testament (The Torah, The Hebrew Bible, The Ten Commandments, and The Story of Genesis). | Judah|(Israel) |
[1] http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/scrolls/imag es/torah-b.jpg Miqsat Ma`ase ha-Torah 4Q396(MMT[superscript]c) Parc hment Copied late first century B.C.E.-early first century C.E. The Torah Precepts Scroll Translation of the Torah Precepts Scroll Miqsat Ma`ase ha-Torah 4Q396(MMT[superscript]c) Parc hment Copied late first century B.C.E.-early first century C.E. Fragment A: height 8 cm (3 1/8 in.), length 12.9 cm (5 in.) Fragment B: height 4.3 cm (1 11/16 in.), length 7 cm (2 3/4 in.) Fragment C: height 9.1 cm (3 9/16 in.), length 17.4 cm (6 7/8 in.) Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority (8) The Torah Precepts Scroll This scroll, apparently in the form of a letter, is unique in language, style, and content. Using linguistic and theological analysis, the original text has been dated as one of the earliest works of the Qumran sect. This sectarian polemical document, of which six incomplete manuscripts have been discovered, is commonly referred to as MMT, an abbreviation of its Hebrew name, Miqsat Ma`ase ha-Torah. Together the six fragments provide a composite text of about 130 lines, which probably cover about two-thirds of the original. The initial part of the text is completely missing. Apparently it consisted of four sections: (1) the opening formula, now lost; (2) a calendar of 364 days; (3) a list of more than twenty rulings in religious law (Halakhot), most of which are peculiar to the sect; and (4) an epilogue that deals with the separation of the sect from the multitude of the people and attempts to persuade the addressee to adopt the sect's legal views. The ''halakhot,'' or religious laws, form the core of the letter; the remainder of the text is merely the framework. The calendar, although a separate section, was probably also related to the sphere of ''halakhah.'' These ''halakhot'' deal chiefly with the Temple and its ritual. The author states that disagreement on these matters caused the sect to secede from Israel. References: Strugnell, J., and E. Qimron. Discoveries in the Judaean Desert, X. Oxford, forthcoming. Sussman, Y. ''The History of `Halakha' and the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Preliminary Observations on Miqsat Ma`ase Ha-Torah (4QMMT)'' (in Hebrew), Tarbiz 59 (1990):11-76. PD source: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/scro lls/images/torah-b.jpg |
2,600 YBN [600 BC] | 630) Metal coin money. | Lydia, Anatolia |
[1] King Kroisos period. Circa 561-546 BC. Kings of Lydia. Time of Kroisos. Circa 561-546 BC. AV Stater (8.06 gm). Sardes mint. Light series. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull Two square incuse punches of unequal size. Traité pl. X, 2; BMC Lydia pg. 6, 31; SNG Copenhagen Suppl. 362; Boston MFA 2073; SNG von Aulock 2875. Choice EF. From the Ronald Cohen Collection. Ex Tkalec (18 February 2002), lot 81. Date Source http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/gree ce/lydia/kings/kroisos/BMC_31.jpg GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/5/5c/Kroisos_BMC_31.jpg [2] Description English: Political map of Asia Minor in 500 BC Date 2009-04-22 17:00 (UTC) Source Asia_Minor_Political_500BC.svg Author Asia_Minor_Political_500BC.svg: *Mysia.svg: Emok derivative work: Mysia_map_ancient_community.jpg: User:Roke derivative work: MinisterForBadTimes (talk) derivative work: MinisterForBadTimes (talk) Other versions Derivative works of this file: Lycia locator map.svg Political map of Asia Minor in 500 BC in Masry.PNG GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Anatolia_Ancien t_Regions_base.svg/1000px-Anatolia_Ancie nt_Regions_base.svg.png |
2,600 YBN [600 BC] | 762) The Universe is explained without using the theory of Gods by Thales. | Miletus, Greece |
[1] Ueberweg, F. et al. A History of Philosophy: From Thales to the Present Time. C. Scribner’s sons, 1891. A History of Philosophy: From Thales to the Present Time, p32. http://books.google.com/books?id=A h_7Od24BXsC&pg=PA32 PD source: http://books.google.com/books?id =Ah_7Od24BXsC&pg=PA32 [2] Thales, one of the Seven Sages of Greece From French Wikipedia: fr:Image:Thales.jpg Original source: http://www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de/p hilo/galerie/antike/thales.html PD source: http://ujszo.com/sites/default/f iles/old/ujszo_1221803126_14.jpg |
2,600 YBN [600 BC] | 6455) The earliest Native American writing. | San Jose Mogote, Oaxaca, Mexico |
[1] Stelae 12 and 13 from Monte Alban, provisionally dated to 500-400 BCE, showing what is thought to be one of the earliest calendric representations in Mesoamerica Stelae 12 and 13 from Monte Alban. These two stelae contain what is thought to be one of the oldest calendar signs (calendrics) from Mesoamerica. Taken from the Japanese Wikipedia: Thanks to Siyajkak! GNU AND AND The oldest writing in all of Meso-America. These Zapotec hieroglyphs, carved on stone stelae found in the Palacio de Danzantes, are among the oldest examples Zapotec writing. The Zapotecs possessed the oldest fully-developed writing system of ancient Meso-America. The building is named for the relief carvings of danzantes, or dancers, which were found by Guillaume Dupaix, a Belgian traveler who visited in 1806. The carvings were found on the sides of a palace which had been covered over by a building constructed in a later period, a common practice throughout Meso-America. The glyphs on the stelae above appear to be dates of great events in the city's early history. On both stones you can see horizontal rows of dots, sometimes accompanied by a solid bar underneath. These symbols represent numbers. Zapotec writing is made up of both phonetic symbols and symbols representing ideas. It is still mostly undeciphered because even the Zapotec language the Spanish recorded in the 1520s had undergone more than 1000 years of evolution since the above texts were written somewhere between 400 - 200 BC. UNKNOWN source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/3/3d/Monte_Alban_Stela_12_ %26_13.jpghttp://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uXDM PKN0Bjo/TIBLPDXtTeI/AAAAAAAAFcw/5sMjcYds gQg/s1600/MA+Danzante+hieroglyphs.jpg [2] The oldest writing in all of Meso-America. These Zapotec hieroglyphs, carved on stone stelae found in the Palacio de Danzantes, are among the oldest examples Zapotec writing. The Zapotecs possessed the oldest fully-developed writing system of ancient Meso-America. The building is named for the relief carvings of danzantes, or dancers, which were found by Guillaume Dupaix, a Belgian traveler who visited in 1806. The carvings were found on the sides of a palace which had been covered over by a building constructed in a later period, a common practice throughout Meso-America. The glyphs on the stelae above appear to be dates of great events in the city's early history. On both stones you can see horizontal rows of dots, sometimes accompanied by a solid bar underneath. These symbols represent numbers. Zapotec writing is made up of both phonetic symbols and symbols representing ideas. It is still mostly undeciphered because even the Zapotec language the Spanish recorded in the 1520s had undergone more than 1000 years of evolution since the above texts were written somewhere between 400 - 200 BC. UNKNOWN source: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uXDMPK N0Bjo/TIBLPDXtTeI/AAAAAAAAFcw/5sMjcYdsgQ g/s1600/MA+Danzante+hieroglyphs.jpg |
2,580 YBN [580 BC] | 764) The Earth-centered Universe theory, and the theory that humans evolved from fish. The Earth-centered theory will dominate until the 1500s. | Miletus |
[1] A map of Anaximander's Earth-centered theory UNKNOWN source: http://www.utm.edu/research/iep- wp/wp-content/media/anaxfig1.gif [2] Detail of Raphael's painting The School of Athens, 1510–1511. This could be a representation of Anaximander leaning towards Pythagoras on his left.[1] Born c. 610 BCE c. 546 BCE (aged around 64) PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/3/38/Anaximander.jpg |
2,550 YBN [550 BC] | 1036) The Latin alphabet. | Rome |
[1] The Lapis Niger Archaic Latin When Giacomo Boni was excavating the Forum in 1899 he found a spot paved with black stone among the Imperial era travertine – the Lapis Niger. Further excavation revealed an ancient shrine complex that had been filled in and later constructed over. The location was thought by the ancient Romans to be where Romulus was killed by the Senate, or perhaps the grave of Hostilius. A second excavation in 1955 found no evidence of a grave but the site was clearly considered a sacred place by the Romans. The shrine consists of the remnants of a U-shaped alter, a monolithic column (a tufa cone) and an inscribed stone cippus. The black stone cippus, ca.550–500 BC, carved out of Grotta Oscura tufa from Veii, contains an early boustrophon inscription on all four sides (actually five, as one corner is truncated). About a third to a half of each line is missing so a complete translation is not possible, but it appears to be a warning against those who would defile the site. It is one of only a handful of sixth century BC Latin inscriptions. UNKNOWN source: http://www.codex99.com/typograph y/images/ancient/niger_1_lg.gif [2] Fischer, S.R. A History of Writing. Reaktion, 2001. Globalities Series. p138. COPYRIGHTED source: Fischer, S.R. A History of Writing. Reaktion, 2001. Globalities Series. p138. |
2,529 YBN [529 BC] | 772) The Earth is described as a sphere. | Croton, Italy |
[1] Description: Phytagoras, coin made under emperor Decius Source: Baumeister, Denkmäler des klassischen Altertums. 1888. Band III., Seite 1429 s Roman Emperor from 249 to 251. PD source: http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac. uk/~history/BigPictures/Pythagoras_4.jpe g [2] Bust of Pythagoras UNKNOWN source: http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac. uk/~history/BigPictures/Pythagoras.jpeg |
2,500 YBN [500 BC] | 6518) There are 100 million humans on Earth. |
[1] Parker, G. Compact History of the World. Barnes & Noble, 2001, p17. COPYRIGHTED source: Parker, G. Compact History of the World. Barnes & Noble, 2001, p17. | |
2,470 YBN [470 BC] | 840) That the brain controls the body is understood, and the first human dissection. | (academy at Croton, now:) Crotone, southern Italy |
[1] Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY UNKOWN source: http://members.bib-arch.org/bswb _graphics/BSAO/08/04/BSAO080402410L.jpg [2] Alcmaeon UNKNOWN source: http://clendening.kumc.edu/dc/pc /Alcmaeon.jpg |
2,467 YBN [467 BC] | 836) That stars are other Suns and made of red-hot metal is recognized. | Clazomenae (75 miles/120 km north of Miletus)|Athens|Did not move to Athens until around 462 bce |
[1] Description English: Detail of the right-hand facade fresco, showing Anaxagoras. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Date c. 1888 Source http://nibiryukov.narod.r u/nb_pinacoteca/nbe_pinacoteca_artists_l .htm Author Eduard Lebiedzki, after a design by Carl Rahl PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/2/2c/Anaxagoras_Lebiedzki_ Rahl.jpg |
2,467 YBN [467 BC] | 1894) The earliest particle (or wireless) communication. The optical telegraph; using fire signals. | Argos, Greece |
[1] This image was moved from Image:Image62.gif Description A drawing of the lighthouse by German archaeologist Prof. H. Thiersch (1909). Date 2007-01-16 (original upload date) Source Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is/was here. Author Original uploader was Ragemanchoo at en.wikipedia Permission (Reusing this file) PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/2/2e/Lighthouse_-_Thiersch .gif [2] English: Mosaic Lighthouse of Alexandria: was found in the Qasr Libya in Libya, which was known by several names including history and Olbia Theodorias, This is a painting that was left over to show the form of lighthouse after the quake, which destroyed the lighthouse. Qasr Libya Museum PD source: http://freespace.virgin.net/ric. martin/vectis/hookeweb/roberthooke.htm |
2,460 YBN [460 BC] | 841) The theory that all matter is made of atoms. |
[1] Coin with the head of Leukippos on it from around 330-320 BC.[t] Greece,Metapont 330-320BC,Leukkipos,1/3stater. Hammer price 2002: CHF 12.000. UNKNOWN source: http://numisbooks.dk/info/fotos/ romanphotos/leukippos330-320.jpg | |
2,460 YBN [460 BC] | 842) The theory that the universe is made of only four elements: water, air, fire and earth. |
[1] The temple of Hera at Agrigentum, built when Empedocles was a young man, c. 470 BC. Tempio di Hera ad Agrigento, Sicilia. From: Giambattista Scivoletto - http://www.studioscivoletto.it/ COPYRIG HTED ANY USE AND Empedocles in the Nuremberg Chronicle. PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/1/1d/Agrigento_Tempio_di_H era.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikip edia/commons/thumb/9/95/Empedocles-2-siz ed.jpg/1030px-Empedocles-2-sized.jpg [2] Description English: Empedocles, ancient Greek Presocratic philosopher. From Thomas Stanley, (1655), The history of philosophy: containing the lives, opinions, actions and Discourses of the Philosophers of every Sect, illustrated with effigies of divers of them. Date circa 1655 Source Thomas Stanley, 1655, The history of philosophy Author Unknown PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/2/2b/Empedocles_in_Thomas_ Stanley_History_of_Philosophy.jpg | |
2,450 YBN [450 BC] | 843) The theory that the Earth moves through space. | Croton, Italy |
[1] Description Pythagoras and Philolaus experimenting with musical pipes. From Theorica musicae by Franchino Gaffurio, 1492 (1480?) Date 2010-04-28 16:51 (UTC) Source Gaffurio_Pythagoras.png Author Gaffurio_Pythagoras.png: Franchino Gaffurio (publisher) derivative work: Singinglemon (talk) PD source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/e/e8/Pythagoras_and_Philol aus.png |
2,432 YBN [432 BC] | 849) The Metonic {miToNiK} calendar: 12 years of 12 months and 7 years of 13 months. | Athens, Greece (presumably) |
[1] Description The relation of the phases of the Moon with its revolution around Earth. The sizes of Earth and Moon, and their distance you see here are far from real. On this image the following are also depicted: the synchronous rotation of the Moon, the motion of the Earth around the common center of mass, the difference between the sidereal and synodical month (green mark), the Earth's axial tilt. (NOTE: the precise moment of a New Moon take place in daylight when you can see only the bright Sun.) Date 2010-08-19ddd Source Own work Author Orion 8 Other versions CC source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Moon_phases_en. jpg/1024px-Moon_phases_en.jpg [2] The Antikythera mechanism UNKNOWN source: http://www.bibliotecapleyades.ne t/imagenes_ciencia/antikythera06_02.jpg |
2,430 YBN [430 BC] | 845) The Universe is explained as being filled with many other worlds, and the Milky Way as a large group of stars. | Abdera, Thrace |
[1] DEMOCRITO DE ABDERA UNKNOWN source: http://tareaescolar.co/tareaesco lar/filo/images/democrito.jpg |
2,424 YBN [424 BC] | 6533) Grafting of plants in Greece. | Greece|(presumably for Theophrastus) (The Lyceum) Athens, Greece |
[1] Description a good example of a whip graft that has ''taken'' Source I (Chris Hibbard, acct: chrishibbard7) created this work entirely by myself. Date 4/27/2009 Author Chris Hibbard Permission (Reusing this file) See below. GNU source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki pedia/en/c/c8/Good_graft.JPG [2] Description English: |