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Here’s a simplified timeline diagram of the evolution of life on Earth<\/strong>, highlighting major milestones:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sqlCopyEdit| Time (in billions\/millions of years ago) | Key Evolutionary Milestones                |
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| ~4.5 bya                                 | Earth forms                               |
| ~4.0 bya                                 | First oceans form                          |
| ~3.8 bya                                 | First life (prokaryotic cells)             |
| ~2.5 bya                                 | Photosynthesis evolves (oxygen produced)   |
| ~1.8 bya                                 | First eukaryotic cells                     |
| ~1.2 bya                                 | First multicellular life                   |
| ~600 mya                                 | Simple animals (sponges, jellyfish)        |
| ~541 mya                                 | Cambrian Explosion: many animal phyla      |
| ~500 mya                                 | First vertebrates (jawless fish)           |
| ~400 mya                                 | First land plants and insects              |
| ~360 mya                                 | Amphibians evolve from fish                |
| ~300 mya                                 | Reptiles evolve                            |
| ~230 mya                                 | Dinosaurs appear                           |
| ~200 mya                                 | Mammals appear                             |
| ~150 mya                                 | Birds evolve from dinosaurs                |
| ~65 mya                                  | Mass extinction (dinosaurs go extinct)     |
| ~55 mya                                  | Primates evolve                            |
| ~7 mya                                   | First hominins (human ancestors)           |
| ~2.5 mya                                 | Genus *Homo* evolves                       |
| ~300,000 ya                              | *Homo sapiens* appears                     |
| ~10,000 ya                               | Agriculture begins                         |
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