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The Story of Man in 60 Seconds

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Welcome to 2013, folks. If you’re feeling bright-eyed and bushy-tailed about your prospects this year, here’s a time-machine zip-through of Earth’s history—all 4.5 billion years—to hammer home how far we’ve come as a species. Expertly stitched together by science whiz John Boswell, this stirring video compresses all of us into a minute and a half, with the latter half being particularly moving.

Seeing dapper popular scientist Brian Cox looking like the king of the world on top of a mountain? Brilliant. This is a fascinating God’s eye view of the annals of mankind’s history, and an example of how we have gone from growling cave-dwelling bipeds to well, gents who read Men’s Folio. Happy new year, readers, and cheers to another 4.5 billion years of technological (and sartorial) advancement!