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On the linear scale all 4.5 billion years are shown proportionally — but most of Earth's recorded life sits in the final 1%. To keep event labels readable, collision detection automatically spreads overlapping markers apart. This means an event dot may sit slightly above or below its true proportional position on the time-period bars to the left.
Hover over any marker to see its exact age, or click it to open its information pane.