Timeline of the Universe · event
Homo sapiens
13.7967 billion years — 300,000 years ago · Life on Earth
- Temperature (K)
- 2.73
- When
- 13.7967 billion years — 300,000 years ago
- Redshift
- z ≈ 0
- Era
- Life on Earth
- Seconds After Big Bang
- 435381496131000060
What Happened
Anatomically modern humans, on a timeline where the interval since is thinner than the line drawn to represent it. Everything catalogued on this site — every element named, every equation written, every mine dug — happens inside that last sliver.
Open on the Timeline of the Universe shelf — the interactive card, the filters, and everything alongside it.