Let’s get start with the formation of the Earth.

The Earth, our green home, was formed a

long time ago. It experienced thousands and thousands periods of time in development.
The geological time scale (GTS), as definited by international convention, illustrates the
large span of time from the beginning of the Earth to the present, which devides chronicle
some definitive events of Earth history.

Let’s get into the formation process of the Earth. Scientists and archeologists have
brought several theories out that the Earth formed over 4.6 billion years ago with the
begining of the Hadean eon, which ended 4 billion years ago. There was no life and the
temperatures were deadly hot with frequent volcanic activities. The following Archean
and Proterozoic eons started the life on Earth and the earliest evolution, occurred from
4000 million and 2500 million years ago respectively. The most succeding eon is the
Phanerozoic that devided into three eras: the Palaeozoic, an era of arthropods and fishes
and the first life on land; the Mesozoic, which spanned the growth and climatic extinction
of the dinosaurs; and the Cenozoic with the mammalian rising. Besides, modern animals,
including recognized humans, appeared at approximately 2 million years ago, a small
period vanishing on the geological scale. In addition, several mass extinctions began
occuring after these eons.

So, how could scientists know particularly about the evolution of the Earth? The answer
is meteorites, which bring many different types of material from the universe that
scientists can study. These types of debris contain chondrules - tiny round masss of
olivine or pyroxene found in meteorites - pieces of asteroids and planetesimals that
escaped from the planet building process. They might have some radioactive matters
namely uranium and harfnium trapped inside that makeup objects when they form, which
allow scientists measure their age.

So that’s what about the formation of the Earth. In the next part, we are going to talk
about each particular periods of the Earth evolution.