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Great reference for deep time; human history lopsided.
So far I have browsed through most of the presentations on the history of the universe, the solar system, and early life on Earth, and this part is quite nice as a refresher on both the important details and the scale of time that we are able to glimpse in our brief lives.
Human history, though, is already heavily Eurocentric: I have only gotten as far as the Neolithic Revolution in the Fertile Crescent, and already the app is only covering that portion of hominids whose history will lead directly to European History. We get to know Neanderthals, but not the Denisovans; likewise, we only see one Neolithic Revolution in one single “Cradle of Civilization” rather than the several separate but parallel Neolithic developments in East Asia or what came to be called the Americas.
None of this is controversial. It is simply ignored. It is much too late even in Western narratives to make these kinds of omissions: this app is sold world-wide, is it not?
At least it is useful for reviewing major deep time events, and I may keep it for that alone. But human history is not synonymous with European History. Quite a lost opportunity here, and extremely annoying.Show lessErikSF999
Great reference
Brilliant and informativehuiwang159
Unable to play video
Please resolve the video,
I am unable to play any of the video,onlinethunder
Developer Response
The bug has been fixed. Please update the app to the latest version. Best regards, Landka teamA Most Wonderful Trip!
Very enjoyable. A great introduction to the history of the world! Will peak your interest to get you looking at life in a new, deep historical manner.Just buy it.Los Pachucos
Great app
One of my favourite apps. Fascinating and a great way to spend a bit of time, very interesting and easy to use
Don’t worry about the cost, it’s worth itdwardn
Beautiful App. Makes you wonder.
Awesome way of how to communicate and visualize time as it relates to life from the birth of the universe to today. Check out the last second and ponder.XoJom
Excellent
I have had this app since about 2011 and it's still one of the few original apps that are still on my iPad.
It's just been updated to include the French Revolution....probably this app is much underestimated, a definite 5 stars! One of the other reviewers of the earlier version criticised the clock saying they preferred the look of the old one, a small point but I agree.Show lessStephenbells
Amazing but needs more historical content
As a tech lead at our school we were going to purchase this for our 250 ipads because the earth history and time line tools were excellent. However, after trying it out for two weeks we decided to hold off for now. The primary reason is that the historical dates are simply too far apart. Entire civilizations are missing and there are huge jumps between entries. For example it skips from the age of discovery to the industrial revolution and then world war 1. Despite the price this would be a slam dunk if you were to take a hard look at a global history course and fill in some gaps.Show lessPantherec
What have you done!
I think the latest update is really good but the intro looks cheap.I used to love that clock face but now there is nothing to it.In my opinion I feel you have ruined a great app.Boasley
Extremely Cool and Educational Too!
I absolutely love this app! Visually stunning, and intellectually stimulating! This is a great app for anyone who wants to understand the history of our universe according to current scientific knowledge. If you have ever read Stephen Hawking's "A Brief History of Time" you will be familiar with the content of this app, as well as the quality. But this app is so much more than that excellent book (and not directly related in anyway, as far as I know) but it takes that type of information and presents it in a beautiful interface that is fun to use and with its most excellent background music, surprisingly soothing! Give to this app as a gift to anyone who appreciates history, science or just wants to learn! Perfect gift for students of probably sixth grade on up through college too!Show lessTurboGorilla
