The Age of the Primordials is the time period from the beginning of the universe until the waning of Precursor influence on the galaxy.
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C. 13.8 billion BC
The Big Bang. Creation of the Infinity Stones.
C. 4.6 billion BC
Formation of Earth
C. 4.28 billion BC
Earliest possible organic life-forms arise on Earth
C. 3.5 billion BC
Life of the Progenote/Last universal common ancestor
C. 3.2 billion BC
Having accidentally traveled through time, a group of Mala’kak, or Engineers, ends up on primordial Earth. One among them sacrifices himself and seeds Earth with his own DNA, accelerating the evolution of life.
Several species, primarily the Engineers and Precursors, begin to routinely take lifeforms from Earth and seed them across the cosmos, to the point where the majority of organic lifeforms are Earth-originated, with most sapient species displaying traits like spinal columns and limbs.
C. 1.85 billion BC
Eukaryotes evolve
C. 1.6 billion BC
Xenomorphs, originally conceived as bio-weapons, render the time-traveled Engineers extinct.
C. 1 billion BC
The Leviathans reign as dominant race of the Milky Way, dominating every sapient race they find, and protecting them in return for tribute. The Precursors isolate themselves during this time, knowing the Leviathans cannot reign forever.
They eventually create an entity known as the Intelligence, in an attempt to make organic life eternal. Eventually, the Intelligence betrays them and creates the Reapers, wiping them out. The Reapers then begin their harvesting cycle, destroying sapient life every 50,000 years (with the exception of those who are not discovered by them, like the Precursors). They construct the mass relay network, in order to cause the majority of sapients to develop on a similar path every cycle.
C. 580 million BC
Animals evolve
C. 560 million BC
Fungi evolve
C. 542 million BC
Chordates evolve
C. 541 million BC
Cambrian Explosion
C. 540 million BC
Arthropods evolve
C. 500 million BC
The Domain is possibly created by the Precursors.
C. 434 million BC
Terrestrial plants evolve
C. 430 million BC
Arachnids evolve
C. 396 million BC
Insects evolve
C. 370 million BC
Amphibians evolve
C. 360 million BC
Trees evolve
C. 330 million BC
Amniotes evolve
C. 310 million BC
Reptiles evolve
C. 298-252 million BC
Kaiju evolve
C. 260 million BC
The Gojira serizawaensis species thrives, but eventually declines with the lowering of global radiation levels. Eventually, Godzilla is the only remaining member of the species, going into deep hibernation for hundreds of millions of years, waking sporadically or with detection of radiation.
C. 251.4 million BC
Permian-Triassic extinction event, aka the Great Dying. 96% of marine life and 70% of terrestrial life on Earth are wiped out from not entirely known causes, including many Kaiju groups.
C. 231 million BC
Dinosaurs evolve
C. 225 million BC
Mammals evolve
C. 155 million BC
Birds evolve
C. 130 million BC
Flowering plants evolve
C. 80 million BC
The Celestials utilize the Power Stone, imposing judgement on civilizations. Eventually, the Cosmic Beings hide said Infinity Stone on Morag.
C. 70 million BC
Precursors seed maniraptoran dinosaurs on Eayn.
C. 66.043 million BC
Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event. Non-avian dinosaurs rendered extinct on Earth. Partially caused by the impact of a 15-kilometer asteroid, volcanic activity, and possibly other causes.
C. 37 million BC
A Reaper is
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