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History of the Earth. In a process of life phenomenon formation that spans over 3.5 billion years, the ancestors of mammals are thought to have appeared 200 million years ago. The basic biological characteristics of mammals, such as lactation and placenta formation, have been formed over such a long time. In contrast, human history is only "a short time, close to the moment"
