From the Trees to the Starship
Evolutionary Odyssey: From Trees to Starship
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History is just a 25, 000-year dash
History is a 25,000-year dash, representing the span of human history.
From the trees to the starship
Symbolic journey from primitive life ("trees") to advanced technological civilization ("starship").
History is just a 25, 000-year dash
Reiteration of the brief duration of human history.
From the trees to the starship
Reiteration of the symbolic journey from primitive life to advanced civilization.
And while it's going on, it's wild and wooly
Describes the chaotic nature of ongoing history.
But it only lasts like that
Emphasizes the transient nature of chaotic historical periods.
And then you you're in the starship
Transition into the advanced stage of human evolution represented by the "starship."
And then you're in the starship
-And then you're in the starship
-And then you're in the starship
-And then you're in the starship
-Because we are like bacteria or something
Comparing human existence to bacteria, highlighting life's brevity.
In the shortness of our lifespan
Reflects on the short lifespan of humans in the context of the cosmos.
To us, 25, 000 years
Perceives 25,000 years as a significant duration from a human perspective.
You can get lost in the middle of
Describes the difficulty in comprehending the vastness of 25,000 years.
That and you can't see either end
-But from the point of view of a spеcies
Shifts perspective to view history from a species-wide standpoint.
It's just instantaneous
From a species' viewpoint, 25,000 years is nearly instantaneous.
History is just a 25, 000-year dash
Reiteration of the symbolic journey from primitive life to advanced civilization.
From thе trees to the starship
-History is just a 25, 000-year dash
-From the trees to the starship
-From the trees to the starship
Emphasizes the continuity of the journey from primitive life to the starship.
From the trees to the starship
-From the trees to the starship
-From the trees to the starship
-You know
Introduces a historical event from 65 million years ago.
This thing happened 65 million years ago
Refers to a catastrophic event involving a large object colliding with Earth.
A very large object collided with the earth
Describes the impact, causing the extinction of species larger than chickens.
Everything on this planet
-Larger than a chicken, died
-Some people think in a single moment
-But what's peculiar is
Raises questions about a preceding ecological crisis before the asteroid impact.
There appears to have been a major dieback
-Of species underway before the impact
-That in the million years
-Preceding the impact
-There was some kind of eco
-Crisis on the planet
Suggests the possibility of an eco-crisis before the asteroid impact.
And then, this asteroid struck
Raises intriguing questions about the potential role of an intelligent reptilian species in causing the dieback of species.
You know, the dinosaurs that we
-Find are the lumbering, enormous ones
-But it's always agreed that there were
-A vast number of small-boned
-Gray seal dinosaurs that were much smaller
-Is it possible there was
-A breakout of intelligence?
-Is it possible that there was an
-Intelligent species of a reptilian sort
-That was actually evolving a
-Technical civilization which
-Then to cause this dieback of species?
-History is just a 25, 000-year dash
Reiteration of the symbolic journey and the brevity of human history.
From the trees to the starship
-History is just a 25, 000-year dash
-From the trees to the starship
-From the trees to the starship
-From the trees to the starship
-From the trees to the starship
-From the trees to the starship
-Whenever you have intelligent life in
Links intelligent life to large explosions, suggesting a connection between intelligence and destruction.
The presence of large explosions
Posits that intelligent life may be responsible for significant explosions or conflicts.
A safe bet is that the intelligent life
-Is responsible for the large explosions
-It may be that there was the war in heaven
Suggests the possibility of a historical conflict or "war in heaven" 60 million years ago involving intelligent life.
60 million years ago
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