13.7 billion years ago - Big Bang
4.6 billion years ago - Earth was formed
500 million years ago - fish
475 million years ago - land plants
360 million years ago - amphibians
300 million years ago - reptiles
200 million years ago - mammals
150 million years ago - birds
200,000 years ago - modern humans
Wikipedia has a more complete time line. Most scientist agree with these approximations. Most people have a very difficult time even imaging millions and billions of years. Some who interpret the Bible literally believe the earth was formed 6000 years ago in 6 days. Some are even trying to add creationism and anti-evolutionary thinking to school curriculum. Others believe the scriptures were not meant to be taken as scientific fact but more of a simplified explanation of God's creation. Then there are those that see scriptures as myths.
No matter what you believe happened or how it happened, today's world is a wonderful, precious home. Each human being is also wonderful and precious. Please respect and care for your part of the world.
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