Phanerozoic Eon Introduction
Looking at the Geological Time Scale you can notice that most of the life events take place in the Phanerozoic Eon. It is the eon we currently live in, it is also when most of the multicellular life evolution took …
Proterozoic- The Eon of First Eukaryotes
Oxygen Revolution In the previous article, we reached the end of the Archean Eon. The beginning of Proterozoic was marked with a raising amount of oxygen in the atmosphere. It happened due to bacteria and revolutionized life on Earth. Firstly, …
Archean and Hadean Eons
In the previous article, we discussed the geological timeline. Now it is time to go through all the periods and explore the history of life on our planet. The Precambrian eons (Hadean, Archean, and Proterozoic) cover 85% of Earth’s history, …
The History of Life: Series Introduction
A long time ago Earth was a very different place. Millions of years of constant change led to the world we know and live in today. Trying to observe that past world, so different and yet so similar to ours, …
