If we compress the two to three million years of Man's existence onto the format of a normal January through December twelve month calendar, agriculture would not begin until December 28! Man's historical era, a brief six to ten thousand years, would be nestled in the last two days of the year! Let's take a note of what has happened thus far on December 31.

During the early morning hours, Babylon, China and Rome rose and fell.

Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle lived around 9:30 a.m.

Man's history rolled on through the afternoon hours into the evening.

At 8:57 p.m., Columbus discovered America.

At 9:16 p.m., Copernicus proved that the earth orbited the sun.

At 10:27 p.m. Watts perfected the steam engine.

At 11:09 p.m., Darwin formulated the theory of evolution.

At 11:21 p.m., Fermi split the atom.

At 11:41 p.m., man developed the airplane, the liquid fuel rocket, the artificial satellite, and the manned spacecraft.

At 11:49 p.m., Man landed on the moon.

It is now about 11:50 p.m. The science technology curve is climbing straight up. What's next on Man's agenda?