Timeline of the Human Condition
The note at the end puts this timeline into calendar years, which is mind-blowing:> Rescaled to a calendar year, starting with the big bang at 00:00:00 on 1 January (  ), the Sun forms on 1 September (  ), the Earth on 2 September (  ), earliest signs of life appear on 13 September (  ), earliest true mammals on 26 December (  ), and humans just 2 hours before year’s end (  ).> For a year that starts with the earliest true mammals (  ), the dinosaurs go extinct on 17 August (  ), earliest primates appear on 9 September (  ), and humans at dawn of 25 December (  ).> For a year that starts with the earliest humans (  ), our own species appears on 19 November (  ), the first built constructions on 8 December (  ), and agricultural farming begins at midday on 29 December (  ).