1 billion years ago · approximate date

Many cells become one

Cells begin to cooperate as the first multicellular bodies.

Groups of cells started to specialise and live as a single body. They were soft and simple, and left few fossils, so the earliest dates keep moving as new ones are found.

Period
Proterozoic
Earth's history already passed
77.9736 percent
4.54 kilometres
1 kilometres from the end
One day
18:42:49
One year
October 12, 14:29
Source: Smithsonian Institution · Source to be verified