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KG · EvolutionCurated

4.5 billion years of Earth’s history in one hour

Summary

KG scales the entire history of the Earth to a film in which each second shows roughly one million years of biological and geological change. A continuous presentation conveys duration differently from a list of historical milestones. Complexity emerges over long unspectacular phases and short visible transitions.

Ideas

  • For long stretches, the Earth was shaped exclusively by microscopic life.
  • Oxygen changed the atmosphere, metabolism and the possibilities for complex organisms.
  • Humans only appear in the last moments of the scaled timeline.

Recommendations

  • Use the timescale for orientation and the source sheet for individual evolutionary events.
  • Compare the appearance of technical civilisation with the duration of stable planetary conditions.

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