diff --git a/abiogenesis.md b/abiogenesis.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0aa64de --- /dev/null +++ b/abiogenesis.md @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +# Abiogenesis + +- Life had to have some way to originate from non-living materials + 1. The abiotic (nonliving) synthesis of small organic molecules, such as + amino acids and nitrogenous bases + 2. The joining of these small molecules into macromolecules, such as proteins + and nucleic acids + 3. The packaging of these molecules into protocells, droplets with membranes + that maintained an internal chemistry different from that of their + surroundings + 4. The origin of self-replicating molecules ([[autocatalytic set]]) that + eventually made inheritance possible +- [[RNA World]]: It's proposed that RNA was the first self-replicating molecule + +[//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility" +[autocatalytic set]: autocatalytic-set "Autocatalytic Set" +[RNA World]: rna-world "RNA World" +[//end]: # "Autogenerated link references" diff --git a/archaean.md b/archaean.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5b0e0d9 --- /dev/null +++ b/archaean.md @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +# Archaean + diff --git a/autocatalytic-set.md b/autocatalytic-set.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2add1a0 --- /dev/null +++ b/autocatalytic-set.md @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +# Autocatalytic Set + diff --git a/cenozoic.md b/cenozoic.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..658ab66 --- /dev/null +++ b/cenozoic.md @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +# Cenozoic + diff --git a/ediacaran.md b/ediacaran.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7f1f86e --- /dev/null +++ b/ediacaran.md @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +# Ediacaran + diff --git a/geologic-timeline.md b/geologic-timeline.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..71edeab --- /dev/null +++ b/geologic-timeline.md @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +# Geologic Timeline + +- [[Hadean]]: 4.571 BYA to 4.0 BYA + - Named due to hellish conditions +- [[Archaean]]: 4.0 BYA to 2.5 BYA + - Reasonably condusive to life + - Pretty certain that cellular life originated here + - 3.48 BYA: First cellular life, [[Stromatolites]] + - 3 BYA: Oxygenic photosynthesis defines the end of the Archaean +- [[Proterozoic]]: 2.5 BYA to 541 MYA + - 2.8 BYA to 1.9 BYA: Banded Iron Formations imply periods of high + oxygenation + - CH₄ (Methane) + 2O₂ → CO₂ + 2H₂O: Methane concentration decreased, while + Oxygen and CO₂ increased + - [[Huronian Glaciation]] + - [[Ediacaran]] +- [[Phanerozoic]]: 541 MYA to Present + - Started with a mass-extinction event + - Divided into [[Paleozoic]], [[Mesozoic]], and [[Cenozoic]] + +[//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility" +[Hadean]: hadean "Hadean" +[Archaean]: archaean "Archaean" +[Stromatolites]: stromatolites "Stromatolites" +[Proterozoic]: proterozoic "Proterozoic" +[Huronian Glaciation]: huronian-glaciation "Huronian Glaciation" +[Ediacaran]: ediacaran "Ediacaran" +[Phanerozoic]: phanerozoic "Phanerozoic" +[Paleozoic]: paleozoic "Paleozoic" +[Mesozoic]: mesozoic "Mesozoic" +[Cenozoic]: cenozoic "Cenozoic" +[//end]: # "Autogenerated link references" diff --git a/hadean.md b/hadean.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7206936 --- /dev/null +++ b/hadean.md @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +# Hadean + diff --git a/huronian-glaciation.md b/huronian-glaciation.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5c3815c --- /dev/null +++ b/huronian-glaciation.md @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +# Huronian Glaciation + diff --git a/mesozoic.md b/mesozoic.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ad65dc4 --- /dev/null +++ b/mesozoic.md @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +# Mesozoic + diff --git a/paleozoic.md b/paleozoic.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c935c06 --- /dev/null +++ b/paleozoic.md @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +# Paleozoic + diff --git a/phanerozoic.md b/phanerozoic.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..79e565d --- /dev/null +++ b/phanerozoic.md @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +# Phanerozoic + diff --git a/proterozoic.md b/proterozoic.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c06af35 --- /dev/null +++ b/proterozoic.md @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +# Proterozoic + diff --git a/rna-world.md b/rna-world.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f60dbdd --- /dev/null +++ b/rna-world.md @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +# RNA World + diff --git a/stromatolites.md b/stromatolites.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a784686 --- /dev/null +++ b/stromatolites.md @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +# Stromatolites +