Below are other authors’ unique outlines of major events in the Epic.

9 Thresholds of David Christian – Maps of Time  

  1. Universe – Cosmology
  2. First Stars – Astronomy
  3. Chemical Elements – Chemistry
  4. Earth and Solar System – Geology
  5. Life – Biology
  6. Humans – Collective learning
  7. Humans – Agriculture
  8. Humans – Modern Revolution
  9. Future –

 

Eric Chaisson – Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos:

  1. Particulate
  2. Galactic
  3. Stellar
  4. Planetary
  5. Chemical
  6. Biological
  7. Cultural

 

Connie Barlow and Michael Dowd  – TheGreatStory.org

  1. Radiance
  2. Galactic
  3. Hadean
  4. Archaen
  5. Proterozoic
  6. Paleozoic
  7. Mesozoic
  8. Cenezoic

 

Bruce Lipton and Steve Bhaerman  – Spontaneous Evolution

  1. Life
  2. Multicelled Life
  3. Humans
  4. Human Clans and Nation States
  5. Humanity

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin 

  1. Geosphere
  2. Biosphere
  3. Noosphere