Martin models the evolution of life on Earth in a few minutes using the visual aid of a walk through timeline. From 4.6 billion years ago when the Earth was red hot, the timeline illustrates the ...

Virginia Tech study unveils 2 billion years of evolution, highlighting the 'boring billion,' Snowball Earth, and ancient marine life.

It helps to put it on a more fathomable scale. Watch to see where Earth's major events would fall on a timeline stretching across the US. Produced by Alex Kuzoian Follow BI Video: On Facebook More ...

It helps to put it on a more fathomable scale. Watch to see where Earth's major events would fall on a timeline stretching across the US. Produced by Alex Kuzoian Follow BI Video: On Twitter More ...

The origins of life on Earth have long fascinated scientists, particularly the nature of the last universal common ancestor ...

But is it really unprecedented? In a series of five programmes, Justin Rowlatt explores the geochemical history of life on Earth, and discovers how humans are just the latest species to suddenly ...

explore the history of life on Earth as we know it today, from the earliest bacteria to the first modern humans. To launch the interactive, click on the image at left.—Lexi Krock ...