Earth 400 my ago

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This site tells the story of the history of the universe. Click Earlier and Later to follow the story. Note: Many facts have been simplified to make them easier to understand.

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This was the time of a great collision of continents. North America and Greenland hit Europe, creating the mountains we now find in Norway, Scotland and Greenland. Meanwhile Gondwanaland rested over the South Pole.

Jawed fish had appeared.

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