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.

6steps from the big bang
0things can go into it

rice plant

NaturalLiving

Rice feeds more people than any other crop. It grows best standing in flooded paddies.

First appearedc. 7,000 BCE
Goes into

Rice feeds more people than any other crop. It grows best standing in flooded paddies.

From the big bang to rice plant

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
fishc. 530 m yrs ago
sushidate unknown
ricedate unknown
rice plantc. 7,000 BCE