Timeline of the World, Big History

Checkout the milestones of our common big history in this minimized chronological map.

From 13.7 Billion Years Ago to 4 Billion Years Ago
The Big Bang
Hydrogen and helium form
The first stars and galaxies
Stars die and create heavier elements
Our solar system forms

From 4 Billion Years Ago to 1 Billion Years Ago
Life appears
Photosyntesis and eukaryotes
The first eukaryotes

From 1 Billion Years Ago to 1 Million Years Ago
Multicelled organisms
Cambrian explosion
First brains develop
Life on land
Dinosaurs and mammals appear
Asteroid impact triggers extinction
Homonids appear

From 1 Million Years Ago to 50000 Years Ago
Early Humans and collective learning

5000 Years Ago
Agricultural communities appear
Cities and states

1500 CE
Global Connection

1800 CE
The Anthropocene