Prokaryotes (bacteria) appeared around 3.7 billion years ago
Eukaryotes appeared approximately 2.7 billion years ago
Cambrian explosion: Mass extinctions lead to punctuated equilibrium = a ton of new species!
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Endosymbyotic Theory:
The aerobic bacterium gave rise to the mighty mitochondria and the cyanobacteria maintained its photosynthetic properties and became modern day chloroplasts.