Deep TimeLife & Evolution

First forests

385 million years agoNotable

Tree-sized plants cover the continents and pull carbon dioxide from the air.

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 → First forests

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