Chronicles of Earth: 230 Million Years in 365 Days
Dinosaurs appeared 230 million years ago and went extinct some 66 million years ago. For nearly 165 million years, these prehistoric beasts roamed the face of this earth. Modern humans arrived approximately 200,000 years ago, a mere 0.2 million years in comparison to the dinosaurs' era. Yet, in our fleeting existence, we have wrought great changes upon the Earth. With wars and rumours of wars, and at the rate we’re damaging the planet, we might not even survive long enough to look back and say we’ve been here for 0.3 million years. That is a very short lifespan. If, in the distant future, another life form were to rise and sift through the annals of Earth's history, they might stumble upon the remnants of our civilization. They would ponder our brief existence on this planet and, much like we ponder the fate of the dinosaurs, they would ask: "What did these beings do to ensure their own demise in such a short span of time?" Image source: Chicago Children's Museum.