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Topic:
Bacteria
Timeless ideas at the intersections of science, philosophy, critical thinking, and history.
When Stuff Happened
 
Bacteria Diversify: Major modern phyla
Bacteria Evolution
~1.3 Billion years ago (+/- 200 million)
Bacteria
Timeline
 
Blue-Green Bacteria (Not Algae)
Bacteria Evolution
2.65 Billion years ago (+/- 50 million years)
Bacteria
Timeline
 
Mesozoic Era: Age of Dinosaurs
Evolution
From 251.902 to 66.0 million years ago.
186 Million years: Dinosauria reigned from extinction to extinction.
Bacteria
Timeline
 
Triassic–Jurassic Extinction: Volcanoes Open the Age of Dinosaurs
Evolution
~201 Million Years Ago
Cause: Massive Volcanic Eruptions
Bacteria
Timeline
 
First True Bacteria
Evolution
~3.7 Billion years ago (shortly after LUCA)
Peptidoglycan cell wall and Ester-linked lipids
Bacteria
Timeline
 
Ordovician–Silurian Extinction: Ice Strikes the Seas
Evolution
~444 Million Years Ago
Cause: Global Cooling and Falling Seas
Bacteria
Timeline
 
Prokaryotic Life
Evolution
3.73 Billion Years Ago (after LUCA)
Membrane and metabolic diversity.
Bacteria
Timeline
 
Bacteria Photosynthesis begins
Bacteria Evolution
~3 Billion years ago
Photosynthetic experiments
Bacteria
Timeline
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