Made Of

Everything is made of something.
← What it takes
What it leads to →

Nothing comes before this. As far as physics can tell, this is where it starts.

7steps from the big bang
0things can go into it

olive tree

NaturalLiving

Some olive trees still bearing fruit today are over 2,000 years old.

First appearedDate not yet known
Goes into

Some olive trees still bearing fruit today are over 2,000 years old.

From the big bang to olive tree

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
lyedate unknown
soapc. 2,800 BCE
olive oilc. 6,000 BCE
olivesdate unknown
olive treedate unknown