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  2. History of Earth - Wikipedia

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    The first eon in Earth's history, the Hadean, begins with the Earth's formation and is followed by the Archean eon at 3.8 Ga. [2]: 145 The oldest rocks found on Earth date to about 4.0 Ga, and the oldest detrital zircon crystals in rocks to about 4.4 Ga, [34] [35] [36] soon after the formation of the Earth's crust and the Earth

  3. Geological history of Earth - Wikipedia

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    The Precambrian includes approximately 90% of geologic time. It extends from 4.6 billion years ago to the beginning of the Cambrian Period (about 539 Ma).It includes the first three of the four eons of Earth's prehistory (the Hadean, Archean and Proterozoic) and precedes the Phanerozoic eon.

  4. Earliest known life forms - Wikipedia

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    The age of Earth is about 4.54 billion years; [7] [33] [34] the earliest undisputed evidence of life on Earth dates from at least 3.5 billion years ago according to the stromatolite record. [35] Some computer models suggest life began as early as 4.5 billion years ago. [36] [37] The oldest evidence of life is indirect in the form of isotopic ...

  5. Earth - Wikipedia

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    Earth is the third planet from the Sun ... , there are 4,550 operational, human-made satellites orbiting Earth ... such as Death Valley, and can fall as low ...

  6. Abiogenesis - Wikipedia

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    The Earth was formed at 4.54 Gya, and the earliest evidence of life on Earth dates from at least 3.8 Gya from Western Australia. Some studies have suggested that fossil micro-organisms may have lived within hydrothermal vent precipitates dated 3.77 to 4.28 Gya from Quebec , soon after ocean formation 4.4 Gya during the Hadean .

  7. Why is Death Valley one of the hottest places on Earth? - AOL

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    Although attempts were made to save Mr Curry, he did not survive and was pronounced dead at the scene. ... The driest place in North America and the hottest on Earth, Death Valley is a long and ...

  8. The Life and Death of Planet Earth - Wikipedia

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    The Earth is destroyed by the Sun at "high noon", though animals and plants come to an end by 5:00 am, meaning that the time that Earth can remain habitable to animals is very short, lasting only just 1 billion years, with the present day being the halfway point through that relatively short time.

  9. Death - Wikipedia

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    From the mid-18th century onwards, there was an upsurge in the public's fear of being mistakenly buried alive [43] and much debate about the uncertainty of the signs of death. Various suggestions were made to test for signs of life before burial, ranging from pouring vinegar and pepper into the corpse's mouth to applying red hot pokers to the ...