section_path: Geological time/Timescale of the Earth
section_name: Timescale of the Earth
paragraph_text: Timescale of the Earth
  
  The following five timelines show the geologic time scale to scale. The first shows the entire time from the formation of the Earth to the present, but this gives little space for the most recent eon. The second timeline shows an expanded view of the most recent eon. In a similar way, the most recent era is expanded in the third timeline, the most recent period is expanded in the fourth timeline, and the most recent epoch is expanded in the fifth timeline.
  
  Horizontal scale is Millions of years (above timelines) / Thousands of years (below timeline)