Deep Dive
Creation Timeline
Updated: May 27, 2026
Published: July 11, 2006

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Creation Timeline Table
From the Moment of Creation to Man
| Time From Creation Event | Event |
|---|---|
| 0 | moment of creation (some kind of singularity) |
| 0 to 10-43 seconds | release of space curvature |
| 10-43 seconds | loss of dimensions |
| 10-43 seconds | superforce separates into gravity and the strong electroweak force |
| 10-35 seconds | strong electroweak separates into the strong and electroweak forces |
| 10-35 seconds | photons and leptons appear |
| 10-11 seconds | electroweak force separates into the weak and electromagnetic forces |
| 10-10 seconds | quarks appear |
| 10-5 to 10-4 seconds | baryons and anti-baryons appear |
| 0.001 seconds | annihilation of anti-matter occurs |
| 3 minutes | nuclei appear |
| 300,000 years | atoms appear; light separates from darkness (outer space becomes black) |
| 365 million years | first stars form |
| 500 million years | first galaxies appear |
| 2 billion years | all manner of quasars and galaxies appear |
| 9 billion years | solar system appears |
| 10 billion years | life created on Earth |
| 13 billion years | creation of dozens of new phyla (Cambrian explosion) |
| 13.5 billion years | creation of dinosaurs |
| 13.73 billion years | creation of man |
| 13.73 billion years | the present |