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Geography, National Parks & Wildlife Sanctuaries National Parks Andaman and Nicobar Islands 1 Campbell Bay National Park , Andaman and Nicobar — forms part of the Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve 2 Galathea National Park , Andaman and Nicobar — part of the Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve' with rare species of plants and animals 3 Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park , Andaman and Nicobar — a national park of India in Wandoor on the Andaman Islands 4 Middle Button Island National Park , Andaman and Nicobar — spotted deer can be found here 5 Mount Harriet National Park , Andaman and Nicobar — named after Harriet Tytler who did early work documenting the monuments of Delhi 6 North Button Island National Park , Andaman and Nicobar — home of the dugong, dolhin, water monitor and other animals 7 Rani Jhansi Marine National Park , Andaman and Nicobar — a national park known for its coral reefs and marine life 8 Saddle Peak Nationa
4.5 billion – 1 B.C. World History Before Christ (B.C.) or Before the Common Era (B.C.E.) 4.5 billion B.C. Planet Earth formed. 3 billion B.C. First signs of primeval life (bacteria and blue-green algae) appear in oceans. 600 million B.C. Earliest date to which fossils can be traced. 4.4 million B.C. Earliest known hominid fossils ( Ardipithecus ramidus ) found in Aramis, Ethiopia, 1994. 4.2 million B.C. Australopithecus anamnesis found in Lake Turkana, Kenya, 1995. 3.2 million B.C. Australopithecus afarenis (nicknamed “Lucy”) found in Ethiopia, 1974. 2.5 million B.C. Homo habilis (“Skillful Man”). First brain expansion; is believed to have used stone tools. 1.8 million B.C. Homo Erectus (“Upright Man”). Brain size twice that of Australopithecine species. 1.7 million B.C. Homo Erectus leaves Africa. 100,000 B.C. First modern Homo sapiens in South Africa. 70,000 B.C. Neanderthal man (use of fire and advance
1000–1099 (A.D.) World History c. 1000–1300 Classic Pueblo period of Anasazi culture; cliff dwellings. c. 1000 Hungary and Scandinavia converted to Christianity. Viking raider Leif Eriksson discovers North America, calls it Vinland. Beowulf, Old English epic. c. 1008 Murasaki Shikibu finishes The Tale of Genji, the world's first novel. 1009 Muslims destroy Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. 1013 Danes control England. Canute takes throne (1016), conquers Norway (1028), dies (1035); kingdom divided among his sons: Harold Harefoot (England), Sweden (Norway), Hardecanute (Denmark). 1040 Macbeth murders Duncan, king of Scotland. 1053 Robert Guiscard, Norman invader, establishes kingdom in Italy, conquers Sicily (1072). 1054 Final separation between Eastern (Orthodox) and Western (Roman) churches. 1055 Seljuk Turks, Asian nomads, move west, capture Baghdad, Armenia (1064), Syria, and Palestine (1075). 1066 William of Normandy invades England,
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