Frey Scientific Eras of Life Laminated Poster, 24" Width x 36" Height

In brief , this is a proper chart giving the main ages of Earth's history. It avoids the temptation of being Dinosaur-centric , giving correct attention to the vastly greater number of years when Stromatolites and then Trilobites ruled. All beautifully laid out with illustrations of the life to be found and the shape of the land masses of the time.At times of political dictatorship every wall would have to have a picture of 'the leader' (Musso., Adolf, Stalin, Mao etc) on the wall. In reality every wall should have this to remind you of the vast size of time and the accidents that led to our brief reign on the 'rice pudding skin' of Earth's surface. Without Stromatolites there would be no oxygen. Without 4 limbed fish there would be no large creatures on land. Without the many extinction events there would have been no rise of the mammals.Maybe each wall should have a map of galaxies as well to remind us of our tiny part in vast space as well...

Do not buy this poster.I’ll start with the positive:The poster was packaged securely, and arrived undamaged.The bad:The poster received is not the same poster as is shown.This poster incorrectly uses the same graphic for the Jurassic period as is used for the Triassic period.The graphic is quite large, so it’s quite upsetting. Regardless of size, this sort of gross negligence and carelessness is unforgivable.The labelling of organisms for the Proterozoic, Cambrian, and Ordovician periods are done incompletely.The graphics on the far right of the poster (depicting mostly vertebrate organisms) progress in a chronological fashion that is opposite to that of the eras and periods depicted in the center of the poster, and to the graphics of the tectonic plates that seem to correlate with said eras and periods. Just, why? This is annoying. Be consistent.Among these graphics, two are also misplaced. The graphics for Argentavis magnificens and Morganucodon are both incorrectly placed over their name. This is inexcusable carelessness.Overall, I give this poster a 1 out of 5, only because I cannot give it a ZERO rating. The reason for this is because this poster is clearly a copy and paste version of some template, and as such, should be completely error free. The mistakes that exist on this poster shouldn’t exist at all if anybody had really looked at it for more than 0.08 minutes before printing.

This poster is an excellent display of the eras of life, the way the continents arranged themselves during each era and a view of the plants and animals that dominated each time period. Visually it is beautiful and quickly informative. The laminated version is a must, as a teacher will want to use it across disciplines. The price, very reasonable.

Came on time

I got this for my 2nd grade dinosaur unit. Good to show how little time humans have been on earth.

It came quickly and was laminated as well, which was a nice surprise. It has all the correct dates and gives fun little facts about each era. Great for a classroom or a bedroom if you're a nerd like me.

This poster is great. It really helps one understand the evolution of life over the past 4.5 billion years. I would recommend everyone hang one on their wall. It's humbling and exhilarating to feel so connected to life over time.

I wanted to use this as a cool classroom display. However, the Juriassic and Mesozoic pictures are the same on mine, so that ruins the use.