“From the Big Bang to the World Wide Web™”
educational project

The Stone Age Institute has initiated a long-term, multi-facetted educational project called “Origins: FROM THE BIG BANG TO THE WORLD WIDE WEB™”.

"FROM THE BIG BANG TO THE WORLD WIDE WEB™"
Copyright 2011, THE STONE AGE INSTITUTE®. All rights reserved. Painting by artist John Agnew, commissioned by The Stone Age Institute.

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We have selected the top 100 events in the evolution of the universe, the earth, life, and the human species, organized in ten nested time scales, each time scale diminishing by a power of ten (see below). In each time scale, we have selected a “Top Ten” list of events.

These time scales are:

Time Scale One	10+ billion to one billion years ago	“From Nothing to Everything: The Origins of the Universe, the Solar System, Earth, and Life”
Time Scale Two	One billion to 100 million years ago	“All Creatures Great and Small: The Cambrian Explosion of Animal Life and Its Aftershocks”
Time Scale Three	100 million to 10 million years ago	“One Extraterrestrial Impact Can Ruin Your Whole Day: The Dinosaur Extinction and the Rise of Mammals”
Time Scale Four	10 million to one million years ago	“Upstanding Apes: The Rise of Hominins, the Role of Rock, and Food for Thought”
Time Scale Five	One million to 100,000 years ago	“Becoming Human (or Just About): The Rise of Homo sapiens and our Neandertal cousins”
Time Scale Six	100,000 to 10,000 years ago	“The Creative Explosion: The Rise of Language, Symbolism, Religion, Art, and Music”
Time Scale Seven	10,000 to 1,000 years ago	“From Farm to City: The Neolithic and Urban Revolutions and Their Consequences”
Time Scale Eight	1,000 to 100 years ago	“Ages of Enlightenment: From the Dark Ages of Superstition to the Scientific Revolution”
Time Scale Nine	100 to 10 years ago	“Modern Times: The Last Century, Laying the Foundations to the World We Live In”
Time Scale Ten	The last ten years	“The Age of Connections: The Past Decade of Innovations and Their Implications”
Addendum	The future	“Brave New Worlds: Predictions for the Future”

 

 

Click here to check out the “FROM THE BIG BANG TO THE WORLD WIDE WEB™" educational web site we're continuing to develop.

 

 

Support the Project and Our Mission

This project will include an interactive web site, a book, a pocket brochure, several songs, and a museum exhibit (currently at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures at Indiana University, Bloomington, and later as a nationally touring exhibit).

 

To celebrate the project, an original song was written by co-Directors Nicholas Toth and Kathy Schick. The song recording features singer/songwriter and national recording artist Carrie Newcomer, and the Stone Age Institute Band.

Listen to the song,
"FROM THE BIG BANG TO THE WORLD WIDE WEB™."

Click on the white > to play the song.

To download the song to your computer, click here and select "Save File" if prompted.

"From the Big Bang to the World Wide Web" © 2009 Nicholas Toth and Kathy Schick, THE STONE AGE INSTITUTE®. All rights reserved.