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c. 13.7 billion years ago

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c. 13 billion years ago

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c. 450 BCE

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c. 420 BCE

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c. 380 BCE

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c. 300 BCE

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c. 250 BCE

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c. 1040

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1648

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1662

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1702

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c. 1735

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1751

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1754
1766

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1773

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1774

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1787

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1803
1807
1809

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1811

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1856
1861
1867

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1869

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1895
1898


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1906
1913

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1922

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1939

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1945
1949

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1951

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c. 1961

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2011

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