地球形成46亿年后，生命开始进化，但科学家估计99%以上的物种已灭绝。灭绝事件如6600万年前的小行星撞击导致恐龙灭绝，这些不可预测的事件通过改变全球环境加速了生命的进化。哺乳动物在恐龙灭绝后得以成功竞争并进化。灭绝事件在生命演化中起着关键作用，没有它们，可能就没有人类的存在。
Extinction events 1
The Earth was formed about 4.6 billion years ago.地球形成于46亿年前。
The first life appeared about a billion years later.第一个生命出现在大约十亿年后。
The first plants didn’t appear until around 2 billion years ago.第一批植物直到20亿年前才出现。
Until about 580 million years ago, life forms were small and microscopic.直到大约5.8亿年前，生命形式都是微小的，只能用显微镜观察。
Since that time, life has evolved into many different types, or species.从那时起，生命进化成许多不同的类型或物种。
However, scientists estimate that more than 99% of them are now extinct.然而，科学家估计其中99%以上已经灭绝。
When did the first plants first appear on earth? about 2 billion years ago
There have been several extinction events in the history of the Earth.在地球的历史上发生过几次大灭绝事件。
In an extinction event, many life forms or species of life die out.在一次灭绝事件中，许多生命形式或生命物种灭绝。
The causes of mass extinction events are unsolved mysteries.大灭绝事件的起因仍是未解之谜。
These events are not p
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