Evolution of man in 1 minute
This video chart charting the evolution of man, right from the origin of life to 200,000 years ago when modern humans appeared on the planet.
Here are all the species shown in the video:
- 4100 million ya - Life appears, single celled organism
- 2125 million ya - Prokaryote
- 1925 million ya - Cyanobacteria
- 1500 million ya - Eukaryote
- 800 million ya - Choanoflagellate
- 550 million ya - Flatworms
- 540 million ya - Pikaia
- 525 million ya - Haikouichthys
- 525 million ya - Agnatha
- 460 million ya - Placodermi
- 430 million ya - Cephalaspis
- 420 million ya - Coelacanth
- 415 million ya - Panderichthys
- 375 million ya - Tiktaalik
- 365 million ya - Acanthostega
- 360 million ya - Ichthyostega
- 360 million ya - Hynerpeton
- 358 million ya - Tulerpeton
- 338 million ya - Westlothiana
- 300 million ya - Hylonomus
- 256 million ya - Phthinosuchus
- 220 million ya - Cynognathus
- 220 million ya - Repenomamus
- 160 million ya - Juramaia
- 85 million ya - Plesiadapis
- 65 million ya - Carpolestes
- 30 million ya - Aegyptopithecus
- 25 million ya - Proconsul
- 16 million ya - Sivapithecus
- 14 million ya - Ouranopithecus
- 6 million ya - Orrorin
- 5 million ya - Ardipithecus
- 4 million ya - Australopithecus
- 2 million ya - Homo erectus
- 200,000 ya - Homo sapiens