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Our current "best guess" for the beginning of life on earth.

At some point far back in time, a common ancestor gave rise to two main groups of life: Bacteria and Archea.

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The early multicellular animals go through their first splits. First, they divide into the sponges.

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The first true vertebrate - an animal with a backbone

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Fish split into two major groups: the bony fish and the cartilaginous fish. The cartilaginous fish have skeletons made of cartilage, rather than harder bone.

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The bony fish split into two major groups: the lobe-finned fish (with bones in their fleshy fins) and the ray-finned fish.

The lobe-finned fish eventually give rise to amphibians, reptiles (such as the turtle), birds and mammals.

The ray-finned fish thrive, and give rise to most fish species living today.

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The Sauropsids (a group of mostly egg-laying vertebrate animals), include dinosaurs and birds. They are also reptiles, but have distinctive jaws.

These are also referred to as "mammal-like reptiles" and eventually evolve into the mammals.

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The first flowering plants emerge, following a period of rapid evolution.

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The primates split into two groups: haplorrhines (dry-nosed primates) and the stretsirrhines (wet-nosed primates).

The haplorrhines eventually develop into monkeys, apes and humans.