Evolution from 544,000,000 to 10,000 years ago - Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK
N 52° 42.595 W 002° 45.416
30U E 516421 N 5840029
Timeline from 544 million years ago, first fossils of complex life appear, to 10,000 years ago Homo Sapiens walked the Earth. Plaque at the Quantum Leap Sculpture to commemorate Darwin's 200th Anniversary, in his home town of Shrewsbury.
Waymark Code: WMP31K
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/20/2015
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Shrewsbury is Darwin's place of birth, home, & inspiration.
Quantum Leap was unveiled in 2009 to mark Charles Darwin’s bicentenary. The reformed stone sculpture is located in a small garden alongside the River Severn. The abstract sculpture represents Darwin’s ground breaking scientific ideas and his impact on the scientific world.
The timeline featured in this listing is found on a plaque at the Quantum Leap sculpture location. (See my Abstract Sculpture listing: Waymark Code: WMP316) The timeline shows Geological periods, systems, era, & epoch. between the first fossils to Man walking the Earth.
The plaque also shows the Biological evolution, but is undated.
Pre 544 Million Years ago : First fossils of complex life appear.
Geological Periods:
544 MY to 495 MY - Cambrian Period.
495 MY to 433 MY - Ordovician.
433 MY to 418 MY - Silurian
418 MY to 362 MY - Devonian
362 My to 290 MY - Carboniferous
290 MY to 248 MY - Perlman
248 MY to 208 MY - Triassic
208 MY to 144 MY - Jurassic
144 MY to 65 MY - cretaceous
65 MY to 24 MY - Palaeogene
24 my to 2 MY - Neogene
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