When we attempt to comprehend the whole scope of evolution and the history of our Universe, we realize that humankind has only existed for a minuscule portion of an immense timeline reaching into the past nearly 13.75 Billion years. If we were to imaging the Earth’s history as a 24-Hour clock, our genus (Homo) has only existed for the last 1 minute, 17 seconds on that clock and our species (Homo Sapiens) would only have existed for the last 3.1 seconds.
Our species is the pinnacle of a phenomenal chain of causality reaching all the way back to the theorized singularity exploding in the big bang. Since then, cosmological events have formed our galaxy, the Milky Way and our home Star, Sol, our solar system, and our planet, Earth, which is the only known life-sustaining planet to our knowledge.
On this tiny blue and green planet, over billions of years life began to emerge, rising out of the oceans in a myriad forms. Over time through the remarkable process of evolution, our species was ultimately formed. Continue reading
