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When did life start appearing?
3.5 billion years ago
We know that life began at least 3.5 billion years ago, because that is the age of the oldest rocks with fossil evidence of life on earth.
When was the definition of life created?
Although some studies state that life may have begun as early as 4.1 billion years ago, it can be traced to fossils dated to 3.5–3.7 billion years ago, which is still only slightly younger than Earth, which gravitationally accreted into a planet about 4.5 billion years ago. But this is life as a whole.
How old are human race?
about 200,000 years ago
While our ancestors have been around for about six million years, the modern form of humans only evolved about 200,000 years ago. Civilization as we know it is only about 6,000 years old, and industrialization started in the earnest only in the 1800s.
When did the look at Life series start?
Look at Life was a regular British series of short documentary films of which over 500 were produced between 1959 and 1969 by the Special Features Division of the Rank Organisation for screening in their Odeon and Gaumont cinemas. The films always preceded the main feature film that was being shown in the cinema that week.
How old is life on Earth?
The earliest evidence for life on Earth arises among the oldest rocks still preserved on the planet. Earth is about 4.5 billion years old, but the oldest rocks still in existence date back to just 4 billion years ago.
Who are the actors in look at life?
In the most part narration of the films was provided by well known celebrities and presenters of the time including Raymond Baxter, Eamonn Andrews, Wynford Vaughan-Thomas, Michael Ingrams, Antony Bilbow, Sid James and Martin Jarvis in later editions. However the majority of the films were narrated by actor Tim Turner.
What did the earth look like 560 million years ago?
Some 560 million years ago, the Earth was thawing its way out of an ice age, and this area was flooded with glacial water, forming a shallow sea. You can walk for hundreds of miles in any direction and see records of the animals that lived there, displayed on the surface of rocks.