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80,000 BC:

It is a testament to mankind’s ability to adapt to challenging environments that he survived the Ice Age.

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100,000 BC:

Life as we know it would be impossible without language - yet it is a recent development in our evolution.

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450,000 BC:

Mastery of fire was a key breakthrough in mankind’s development and set him on the road to civilisation.

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2.5m BC:

Mankind is thought to have begun eating meat about 2.5 million years ago.

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66m BC:

Dinosaurs dominated Earth for 165 million years until their sudden extinction almost 66 million years ago.

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3.5bn BC:

All life on Earth sprang from tiny single-cell organisms that emerged around 3.5 billion BC.

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21bn BC:

It is impossible to know what existed before the Big Bang - and various theories about it cannot be proven.

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1676:

The discovery by Anton van Leeuwenhoek of tiny creatures living in pond water stunned the scientific world.

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1628:

William Harvey's 17th century discovery of blood circulation was the key to our understanding of anatomy.

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1506:

Leonardo da Vinci was arguably the greatest genius of all time.

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1267:

Gunpowder was the first explosive – and ushered in a new era of weaponry.

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240 BC:

Ancient Greece was a fertile producer of philosophers who pondered such subjects as the meaning and origins of life.

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1800 BC:

Iron is the most abundant metal on Earth and by far the one most used by man.

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1610:

Italian scientist Galileo Galilei was the first person to prove the Earth orbits the sun.

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1455:

The printing press was one of the most important and influential inventions of all time.

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776 AD:

Scholar Jabir ibn Hayyan is famous for his ‘invention’ which could purportedly turn metals into gold.

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420 BC:

Philosopher Democritus got the credit for suggesting matter is made of tiny particles - 2,000 years after his death.

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2046:

Mankind is very likely to establish colonies elsewhere in the solar system – and Mars is probably the best option.

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