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| title=[[Timeline of the evolutionary history of life|Life timeline]]
 
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| note4-at=-4000  <!-- est. 3.8-4.3 Gya - Earliest evidence of Life on Earth is "possibly as early as 4280 mya" - see "[[Earliest known life forms]]" - and => https://www.nature.com/articles/nature21377 --->
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| note10-at=-2000<!--- <ref name="NAT-2008">{{cite journal |last=Otto |first=Sarah P. |title=Sexual Reproduction and the Evolution of Sex |url=https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/sexual-reproduction-and-the-evolution-of-sex-824/ |date=2008 |journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]] |accessdate=1 October 2021 }}</ref><ref name="SCI-20090605">{{cite news |last=Zimmer |first=Carl |authorlink=Carl Zimmer |title=On The Origin Of Sexual Reproduction |url=https://www.science.org/lookup/doi/10.1126/science.324_1254 |date=5 June 2009 |journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]] |volume=324 |page=1254 |accessdate=1 October 2021 }}</ref> --->
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| note15=[[Cryogenian|Cryogenian ice age]]*
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| note18=[[Andean-Saharan glaciation|Andean glaciation]]*
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| note20=[[Karoo Ice Age|Karoo ice age]]*
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| note21=[[Ape|Earliest apes]] / [[Human|humans]]
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| note22=[[Quaternary glaciation|Quaternary ice age]]*
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| caption=<div style="float:left;font-size:85%;">([[myr|million years ago]])</div><div style="float:right;font-size:95%;">*''[[Timeline of glaciation|Ice Ages]]''</div>
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