From the Big Bang to Homo sapiens sapiens: In a thrilling journey through time, Harald Lesch and Harald Zaun narrate the significant moments of the 13.7 billion-year-old history of all life. They guide us through the formation of galaxies, stars, and planets, the emergence of life, and ultimately the development of human consciousness. Their natural history is spectacular yet the opposite of a creation myth: the shortest scientific report on our evolution.