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To: Cyprian who wrote (15110)	5/10/2007 5:13:53 PM
From: sea_urchin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22250

Cyprian > The fossil record testifies of a worldwide universal flood. All that water from the Flood made lots of mud, and lots of creatures perished in the flood, and were mired in the mud. Then the waters abated, the mud dried up and hardened, and you end up with fossils. Of course, but you don't believe anything like this, or do you?!! My understanding is that Creationists believe the world is about 5000 years old. nitro.biosci.arizona.edu >>The Geological Timetable Precambrian Eon 590 million - 4.5 billion years ago From the formation of the earth to the explosion of multicellular life 4.5 billion years ago (BYA): Earth formed 3.8 BYA Oldest terrestrial rocks 3.5 BYA Earliest clear evidence of fossil bacteria 2.5 BYA Origin of aerobic photosynthesis, creation of oxygen-rich atmosphere 1.5 BYA First clear evidence of eukarytoic fossils 1.0 BYA Protists (single-celled eukaryotes) diversify 0.8 BYA Earliest clear traces of fossil invertebrates Phanerozoic Eon 590 MYA to present: The diversification of multicellular life Paleozoic Era 590 -248 MYA Fishes and amphibians dominate Mesozoic Era 248 - 65 MYA Dinosaurs dominate Cenozoic Era 65 MYA - present mammals dominate Paleozoic Era Cambrian Period 590-505 MYA Explosive evolution of most major phyla Mass extinction event at Cambrian-Ordovician boundary Ordovician Period 505-438 MYA Silurian Period 438-408 MYA First fossil jawed fishes Plants colonize the land Devonian Period 408-360 MYA Age of fishes Carboniferous Period 360-280 MYA Vast forests appear on land Amphibians appear on land Permian Period 280-248 MYA Conifers appear Mesozoic Era Triassic Period 248-213 MYA Extinction of trilobites Mammals and dinosaurs appear Jurassic Period 213-144 MYA Dinosaurs diversify Archaeopteryx, first fossil bird, appears Cretaceous Period 144-65 MYA Angiosperms appear and become the dominate terrestrial plant form Mass extinction at Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary, evidence of extra-terrestrial impact Cenozoic Era Tertiary Period 65 - 2.5 MYA Paleocene Epoch 65 -55 MYA Eocene Epoch 55 -38 MYA Oligocene Epoch 38 -26 MYA Miocene Epoch 26 - 6 MYA Earliest primates Pliocene Epoch 6-2.5 MYA Origin of hominids Quaternary Period 2.5 MYA - present Pleistocene Epoch 2.5 MYA - 10,000 years ago Origin of Homo Recent Epoch 10,000 years ago - present<<