Earth-Can 1.0
The origin of the planet, the evolution of the primordial organisms, and Homo sapiens.
Evolutionary Phase
A brightly shimmering ball is inside the can. Let the globe slide slowly onto your hand. Barely noticeable on the skin due to its malleable atmosphere. On closer inspection, clouds dot the skies. Continents move about in a blue liquid further below.
Genesis
Small, glowing ash-spewing volcanoes pop up here and there. A little later, they are no longer active. Mountains with craters appear on land, new islands pepper the water. The surface changes as if in a time-lapse. For you, as an alien, the millions of years fly by in the blink of an eye. Time is immaterial to you.
Green areas emerge and vanish, sheets of ice spread only to disappear again. The first single-cell organisms materialize, followed by complex life forms. Dinosaurs and giant fish dominate for a brief moment.
As a perfect being, the so-called evolution is particularly interesting to you. Monkeys mutate into bipeds. The humanoids learn to hunt, use tools, cultivate the land, make clothes and communicate through language.
"Amazing, what those pint-sized brains dream up," you catch yourself thinking as the humanoids gather in groups, seize sharp sticks and stones, and lock horns to eliminate one another.
"Great pawns, these Earthlings!"
