Earth was created around 4.5 billion years ago and life began not long after. Primitive life likely possessed the element carbon within them. It is presumed that one of the family of compounds that first came up was the amino acids, the building blocks of protein. Over time, these life forms become more and more complex. Find out more about how life likely began on Earth...
Dinosaurs represented a major turn in the evolutionary development of organisms on Earth. The first dinosaurs were presumed to look a lot like the reptiles. As they continued to evolve, many of them became bigger and stronger. Read more about the evolution of dinosaurs and their subsequent extinction in this tutorial...
