major events in evolution

Greetings folks. This is my first time here. I'd like to get a little
feedback on something. I need to identify the ten (or so) primary
events in the history of life. I have a book entitled "Major Events in
the History of Life" (J. William Schopf, Stanley Miller, among others).
Here is their list:

Hominids
Flowering plants
Vertebrates
Land life
Multicellularity (animals, plants, fungi)
Complex phytoplankton (sex)
Eukaryotic cell (cell nucleus)
Oxygenic cyanobacteria (oxygen atmosphere, primitive ecosystems)
Protocell (Prokaryotes)
Organic molecules

Any suggestions on what to add or subtract?

Any comments on how to go about making such a list in an objective way?
Miller and Schopf don't even discuss how they identify these events.

This is pretty important to me. Aside from soliciting casual comments,
I would be willing to pay a consulting fee to get a more careful
answer. This wouldn't be a big job, maybe a few hours. (I'm assuming
some of us here have PhD's.)

Thanks,

Martin


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