At some time more than five billion years ago the universe started . 在50亿年前的某个时候,宇宙开始形成。
Yet oxygen gas did not begin to accumulate in the atmosphere until about 2 billion years ago . 但是大约在20亿年前,氧气才开始在大气层中积累。
The organisms living between 3 and 1 billion years ago were not as versatile as modern species, probably due to energy limitation . 生活在过去二十亿年之间的有机体可能由于能量的限制,不如现代物种这样五花八门。
Our solar system was formed 4 . 6 billion years ago 我们的太阳系被形成了4 . 6十亿年前。
The supernovae exploded between 3 . 5 and 10 billion years ago 超新星爆炸时间在35 - 100亿年前。
What prompted the leap in complexity starting 1 . 5 billion years ago 那么是什么推动了发生在15亿年前的复杂性的飞跃呢?
About 5 billion years ago 五十亿年以前
About 13 . 7 billion years ago a tremendous explosion started the expansion of the universe 大约13 . 7十亿年前巨大爆炸开始了宇宙的扩展。
Just as the solar system was forming some 4 . 6 billion years ago , it turned itself inside out 太阳系的形成发生在大约46亿年前,那会儿它里外翻了个身。
For example , the researchers date the split between plants and animals at 1 . 6 billion years ago 例如,研究者确定植物和动物大概是在16亿年前开始产生差异。