| Day | start | end | bible's description | science's description
|
|---|
| One | 15,750,000,000
| 7,750,000,000
| creation of the universe; light from dark (1:1-5)
| Big Bang: let there be light; galaxies begin to form
|
| Two | 7,750,000,000
| 3,750,000,000
| heavenly firmanent forms (1:6-8)
| Milky Way forms; Sun forms
|
| Three | 3,750,000,000
| 1,750,000,000
| oceans and dry land appear; first life, plants appear (1:9-13)
| earth cools, liquid appears 3.8 billion years ago;
followed almost immediately by the first forms of life: bacteria and algae
|
| Four | 1,750,000,000
| 750,000,000
| Sun, Moon, stars become visible in the heavens (1:14-19)
| Earth's atmosphere becomes transparent;
photosynthesis produces oxygen
|
| Five | 750,000,000
| 250,000,000
| first animal life in water; followed by reptiles and winged animals(1:20-23)
| first multicellular animals; Cambrian explosion
|
| Six | 250,000,000
| 6000
| land animals; mammals; humans(1:24-31)
| massive extinction destroys over 90% of life.
Land repopulated: hominids and then humans
|