Amazing animation reveals Earth’s entire history in 2 minutes and ‘changes your perception of time forever’

THIS mind-blowing animation squeezes the whole of Earth’s history into 140 seconds.

The clip, put together by The Sun, displays Earth’s 4.5billion-year timeline as if it were a journey from London to Edinburgh.

We start in London, 332 miles from Edinburgh, where not long after setting off our planet is hit by a rogue planet, forming the Moon.

As we pass north through the home counties, the first signs of simple lifeforms appear around 3.8billion years ago.

Once we hit Yorkshire, an explosion of oxygen-producing bacteria populates Earth.

About 200million years later our atmosphere is bubbling with oxygen, allowing more complex life to blossom.

We’re already just south of Edinburgh – nearly 90 per cent through our journey – when plants colonise land around 465million years ago.

As we pass into the Scottish capital, the Age of the Dinosaurs begins and the seven continents of Earth form.

By the time an apocalyptic asteroid wipes out the dinosaurs we’re just five miles from the end of our journey.

Modern humans evolve around 200,000 years ago, or just 78ft from the centre of Edinburgh.

The Ancient Egyptians build the Great Pyramid of Giza a tiny 11in from the video’s destination.

And a century ago, as World War 1 begins, we find ourselves less than an inch from the middle of Edinburgh.

The mind-blowing video puts into perspective just how little of Earth’s history humans have been a part of.

Here’s to hoping we’re still around once we hit Dundee…

In other news, a set of bizarre ancient maps of Earth from history recently revealed some hilarious geography blunders.

Earth’s earliest life from 3.5billion years ago was found in the Australian desert in September.

And, new research suggests Neanderthals may have been wiped out by a common childhood illness.

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