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     * 3.8 bya - first life on Earth     * 3.8 bya - first life on Earth
     * 3.5 bya - photosynthesis starts     * 3.5 bya - photosynthesis starts
-    * 3.3 bya - 2.8 bya - Vaalbara supercontinent exists 
   * Proterozoic Eon : 2.5 bya - 550 mya   * Proterozoic Eon : 2.5 bya - 550 mya
     * 2.4 bya - oxygen becomes significant component of the atmosphere     * 2.4 bya - oxygen becomes significant component of the atmosphere
 +    * 1 bya - multicellular plants (algae) and animals
     * 1 bya - 800 mya - Rodinia supercontinent exists     * 1 bya - 800 mya - Rodinia supercontinent exists
     * 770 - 750 mya - first ice age     * 770 - 750 mya - first ice age
-  * before 550mya is also known as the Precambrian Period or Supereon. After 550 mya is also known as the Phanerozoic Eon.+  * before 550 mya is aka the Precambrian Period or Supereon. After 550 mya is aka the Phanerozoic Eon.
   * Paleozoic (Primary) Era : 550 - 250 mya   * Paleozoic (Primary) Era : 550 - 250 mya
     * Cambrian - small shelled animals, corals     * Cambrian - small shelled animals, corals
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     * Silurian - land plants, ferns, sharks, fish     * Silurian - land plants, ferns, sharks, fish
     * Devonian - first tetrapods - evolution of fish onto land     * Devonian - first tetrapods - evolution of fish onto land
-    * Carboniferous - reptiles, amphibians, spiders, confiers, synapsids +    * Carboniferous - reptiles, amphibians, spiders, conifers, amniotic eggs (340 mya), synapsids 
-    * Permian - more synapsids (mammal-like reptiles)+    * Permian - more synapsids (proto-mammalian reptiles).  
 +  * 250 mya - Extinction event, 95% of life dies off
   * 300 mya - 250 mya - last supercontinent Pangaea exists   * 300 mya - 250 mya - last supercontinent Pangaea exists
   * Mesozoic (Secondary) Era : 250 - 65 mya   * Mesozoic (Secondary) Era : 250 - 65 mya
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     * Jurassic - squids, frogs, birds     * Jurassic - squids, frogs, birds
     * Cretaceous - more dinosaurs, flowering plants, snakes, modern fish, toothed birds     * Cretaceous - more dinosaurs, flowering plants, snakes, modern fish, toothed birds
 +  * 65 mya - Meterorite extinction event (off Yucatan peninsula) kills off most large animals
   * Cenozoic Era : 65 mya - present   * Cenozoic Era : 65 mya - present
     * Tertiary - more mammals, grasses, apes, hominids     * Tertiary - more mammals, grasses, apes, hominids
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