Deep TimeLife & Evolution

Flowering plants

130 million years agoMajor

Flowers and fruits evolve. Nearly all human food crops, including grains, are flowering plants.

Longest chain: The Big Bang → First stars ignite → Supernovae seed heavy elements → The Sun forms → Earth forms → First oceans → First life → Photosynthesis evolves → Great Oxidation Event → Complex cells (eukaryotes) → Multicellular life → Plants colonize land → Insects appear → Flowering plants

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Introduction to the Anthophyta (UC Museum of Paleontology) ↗