Made Of

Everything is made of something.

← What it takes

What it leads to →

Evolved from

complex cellchloroplast

Needs

water

3steps from the big bang

39things can go into it

algae

NaturalLiving

Seaweeds and their microscopic cousins. Every land plant descends from green algae.

First appearedAbout 1.5 billion years ago

Evolved into

land plantsplankton

Seaweeds and their microscopic cousins. Every land plant descends from green algae.

From the big bang to algae

The most direct chain from the start of the universe, following what things are made from and, for living things, what they evolved from. Each step shows when it first appeared.

big bang13.8 bn yrs ago

Hhydrogen13.8 bn yrs ago

water4.4 bn yrs ago

algaec. 1.5 bn yrs ago