An Imaginative Animation That Condenses All of Earth’s History Into a 24-Hour Clock

ReYOUniverso quite imaginatively condensed the entire history of Earth into one day, mapping each major event on a 24-hour clock. Interestingly, modern humans don’t show up until the last fractions of the last minutes on the clock.

What if we could fit all the billions of years of Earth’s history into one day? At what time would life have emerged here? How many minutes or hours would dinosaurs have lasted? And how long have humans existed?

Lori Dorn
Lori Dorn

Lori is a Laughing Squid Contributing Editor based in New York City who has been writing blog posts for over a decade. She also enjoys making jewelry, playing guitar, taking photos and mixing craft cocktails.