4steps from the big bang
31things can go into it
mitochondrion
ComponentPart
The power plant of your cells. It was once a free-living bacterium and still carries its own DNA.
First appearedAbout 2 billion years ago
Made Of
Everything is made of something.← What it takes
What it leads to →
Evolved from
Evolved into
The power plant of your cells. It was once a free-living bacterium and still carries its own DNA.
From the big bang to mitochondrion
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
bacteriac. 3.5 bn yrs ago
mitochondrionc. 2 bn yrs ago