Birth of Religion
11,600 Years Ago Hunter-Gatherer's Urge to Worship - Sparked Civilization
Organizing to build monumental stone temples was likely the trigger that began the Neolithic Revolution that led to
agriculture, plant and animal domestication and permanent settlements.
Contents sourced from full article - National Geographic Magazine - June, 2011 http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/06/table-of-contents
See video of staff artist Fernando Baptista build a clay model of Göbekli Tepe and explains why such a model is useful for creating the story at:
Illustration by Lawson Parker (Map and Diagrams), NGM Staff; Patricia Healy
Biota of Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum - Bighorn Basin, Wyoming
A sample of the diversity of mammalian life that arose during this unique climatic period that included an early pro-primate.
More at http://evolution-involution.org
Hominid Clade Chart
Middle Awash Na Geog Magazine, July 2010 - Feature article on Ardipithecus ramidis and other hominid fossils discovered in area of Ethiopia - the most persistently occupied place on Earth.
National Geographic, Jan, 1994 New Eyes on the Universe by Bradford A. Smith - theoretical diagram of the history of the big bang inflation. See http://meta-gaia.angelfire.com/big_bang_inflation.html for caption key.