I can do some of this. However, at this moment I wouldn't touch the age of
the universe because it is still in flux as near as I can tell. With the
recent evidence favoring the cosmological constant (a repulsive anti-gravity
force) the age of the universe is younger. Unfortunately since I have spent
the past 2 years looking at anthro, I haven't kept up in astronomy.
Billion years ago
age of the Universe 14 (Recer, 1998)
Origin of Solar System 4.6 (Giardini & Melton 1989)
Oldest sediments(Itsaq Gneiss Complex Greenland) 3.85 (Hayes, 1996)
Oldest geochemical evidence of life 3.8 (Mojzsis et al, 1996)
Oldest microfossil of cell 3.5 (Mojzsis et al, 1996)
Million years ago
Oldest sponge (oldest extant phylum) 580 (Li et al, 1998)
Cambrian Explosion 530 (Gould, 1994)
Oldest Cordate 530 (Monastersky, 1996)
Oldest Vascular plant Cooksonia 470 (Cal, 1996)
Oldest fish 460 (Sansom et al, 1996)
Oldest hydrothermal vent communities 420 (Little, 1997)
Oldest amphibian 363 (Carrol, 1996)
Oldest terrestrial worm ~320 (Rolfe 1980, p. 141)
Oldest terrestrial scorpion 310 (rolfe 1980, p. 146)
Oldest spider 295 (Selden, 1996)
Oldest moth 230 (Fraser et al, 1996)
Oldest mammal 180 (Carroll, 1988, p. 401)
Oldest bird Archaeopteryx 145 (Carroll, 1988, p. 338)
Oldest Placental mammal 100 (Wuethrich, 1997)
Oldest Primate 50 (Martin,1993)
Oldest Hominid Ardepithecus 4.4 (Johanson et al,1997)
Earliest dog .015 (Wayne, 1993)
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PAUL RECER, Astronomers Find Antigravity Force 02/26/1998 17:59 EST AP Wire
(sorry but this is the best I can do for the latest on this. It includes the
newest data on the Cosmological constant.
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shark-like fishes from the Ordovician of Colorado," Nature, 379:628-630,
Feb. 15, 1996, p. 628
Paul A. Selden, "Fossil mesothele spiders," Nature, 379, Feb. 8, 1996, p. 498
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Robert K. Wayne, "Molecular evolution of the dog family," TRENDS IN
GENETICS, 9:6,June 1993
Bernice Wuethrich, "Will Fossil From Down Under Upend Mammal Evolution?"
Science, 278(1997), p. 1401
glenn
Adam, Apes, and Anthropology: Finding the Soul of Fossil Man
and
Foundation, Fall and Flood
http://www.isource.net/~grmorton/dmd.htm