β³ Time slider
Drag it, press βΆ to travel, or click an era label under the bar to jump. It reaches back 350,000 years β Ice-Age art and the first humans included. β β nudge, space plays.
πΆ Human β π¦ Life
Toggle bottom-left. Human maps deep prehistory to today; Life on Earth shows 4.6 billion years β with continents drifting to their true ancient positions and fossil species where they lived.
π± Click anything
Events open a story with a photo and π Connect the dots β the causes, effects & consequences that link it to other events. Cities & countries show their current state.
π Themes & π¬ Tours
Browse the whole history of a single theme (bottom-left) β 170 hand-written collections from music to mathematics to the Silk Road, each spotlit across all of time. Or take a guided tour, and retrace your path as a golden π§΅ Trail.
π Zoom, search & layers
Scroll to dive into any region; clusters split as you go. Search jumps to any of 69,000+ events (or type a theme name) β press / to search, ββ + Enter to pick. Borders, nations & cities update with the year; switch Terrain/Satellite.
π¦ Life on Earth
Watch continents assemble and break apart; ~18,000 fossil species sit where they lived, with famous creatures named. β
marks the great turning points β mass extinctions and impacts.