National Museum of Natural History
Early Life: Earliest Traces of Life
June 27, 1986 – April 27, 2014
An overview of the origin and early evolution of life is presented. Included is the oldest fossil, a cabbage-sized, 3.5-billion-year-old fossil algal mat, as well as the earliest animal fossils, to relate a large portion of the earth's history known as the Precambrian.
Time Column
