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Apple QuickTime movie  |  1996-06-28  |  2.2 MB  |  320x240  |  5fps  |  1 minute, 16 seconds  |  [MooV/TVOD]
Transcription: The written record of human civilization provides scant testimony on the three and a half billion years of life on Earth. If that span were represented by a yearly calendar with early life originating on January 1st, human society would not appear until one minute to midnight on December 31st. Scientists divide the geologic history of Earth into four eras. During the Precambrian era, the first and longest, the simplest structures of life emerged, bacteria and algae. Six hundred million years ago, the Paleozoic The Mesozoic era followed with new, more complex species, marine invertebrates, arth ...