Introduction
What this site is all about and how and why we tell this story.
The beginning of everything - the big bang
The start of the universe, a massive explosion from which all matter originates
Formation of our solar system
The events that caused our solar system to form, how our sun formed, the chaos of our early solar system.
The early years of earth
Our world as it was over four billion years ago, a violent, inhospitable planet.
Chemicals for life
How the most important chemicals for life came to be formed
The origin of life
How living molecules may have started the course of life.
The dawn of supercontinents
The formation and destruction of the plates which shape the land.
An age of ice
A global climate change which nearly killed all early life before it could begin.
The spread of life
The transition of life from simple to advanced organisms
Out from the Oceans
How Devonian fishes made the giant leap from the oceans to dry land.
New Lands
The lasting effects of Pangaea's creation.