History of Earth - Hadean Eon

	HADEAN
	THE HADEAN EON 4.5 to 3.8 Billion Years Ago
	The Age of Planetary Formation The young, molten Earth endures massive meteor impacts
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty . . . Genesis 1:1-2
Timeline			Archean
--------------\| Paleo-Geography
Formation of the Earth A huge planetoid crushes into Earth & splits off Moon Massive meteor bombardments pound Earth and Moon Interior of the molten Earth separates into layers Dense, very hot atmosphere of hydrogen, CO², steam, ammonia & methane - no oxygen Boiling steam begins to condense into oceans Earliest known rocks on Earth date from the Hadean
Life
None Organic chemical components of the building blocks of life (amino acids, RNA and DNA) first appear
		The Earth and Moon in the Hadean Eon (Image: Mark Garlick - Space Art)
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SOURCES: University of California Museum of Paleontology - Tour of Geologic Time Wikipedia - Geologic Time Scale Palaeos - Geological Time International Commission on Stratigraphy By Corey Zak - CORZAK INTERACTIVE

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