Beginnings, CONTENTS (B)

CONTENTS (B)

Earth and the Universe

Creation of the Universe
Dark Matter and Dark Energy
Forming of the Solar System
Galaxies and the Stars
Inflationary Model of the Universe
Nucleosynthesis
Space-Time

Planet Earth

Structure and the Palaeomagnetic Timescale
Plate Tectonics and the Rock Cycle

Archaeology

Antiquarians
Greece and Rome
Three-Age System

Ancient and Distant Lands

Aegean
Americas and Oceania
China and India
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Antiquity of Man, Early Man

Geological Time (4600 kya-Present)

Geological Time: Introduction
Continental Drift
Fossils and Dating
Supercontinents

Evolution of Life (4600 mya-Present)

Introduction, Taxonomy
Precambrian Superion (4600-541 mya)
Hadean Eon (4600-4000 mya), Earth molten
Archaean Eon (4000-2500 mya), Stromatolites
Proterozoic Eon (2500-541 mya), Eukaryotes
Phanerozoic Eon (541 mya-Present)
    Palaeozoic Era (541-252 mya)
    Cambrian Period (541-485 mya), Invertebrates
    Ordovician Period (485-444 mya), land plants
    Silurian Period (444-419 mya), jawed fish
    Devonian Period (419-359 mya), Amphibians
    Carboniferous Period (359-299 mya), Reptiles
    Permian Period (299-252 mya), Seed Plants
Mesozoic Era (252-66 mya)
    Triassic Period (252-201 mya), Lizards
    Jurassic Period (201-145 mya), Dinosaurs
    Saurischians (‘lizard-hipped’); Theropods, Sauropodomorphs
    Ornithischians (‘bird-hipped’)
Cretaceous Period (145-66.0 mya), Birds
Cenozoic Era (66 mya-present)
    Neogene Period (66-2.58 mya)
    Palaeocene Epoch (66.0-56.0 mya), Mammals
    Eocene Epoch (56.0-33.9 mya), Modern Mammals
    Oligocene Epoch (33.9-23.0 mya), Ruminants
    Miocene Epoch (23.0-5.33 mya), Elephants
    Pliocene Epoch (5.33-2.59 mya), Australopithecines
    Quaternary Period (2.59 mya-Present)
    Pleistocene Epoch (2590-11.7 kya) – Ice Age, Humans
    Holocene Epoch (9700 BC – Present) – Current Interglacial

Evolution of Man (25-1.9 mya) – Primates

Hominoids, Hominids, Hominines
Hominins: Australopiths, Hominans 

Stone Ages (2590-6.5 kya)

Palaeolithic (‘Old Stone’) Period (2590-11.7 kya)
Mesolithic (‘Middle Stone’) Period (11.7-8.5 kya)
Neolithic (‘New Stone’) Period (8.5-6.5 kya), Pottery

Metal Ages (4500 BC-Present)

Copper Age (5500-3300 BC)
Bronze Age (3300-1200 BC)
Iron Age (1200 BC-Present)

Appendices (Beginnings)

Animal Classification (Just a Thought!)
Animal Classification: Scheme
Animal Classification: Sequences
Archaeology: Chronology 
Evolution of Life: Chronology
People: Alphabetical List (Beginnings)
Plant Classification

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