Magic Table
A big fancy banquet table for you and your ancestors!
Imagine you were the youngest person at a massive banquet dinner for thousands of people. The trick is, the dinner table is magic and everyone at the table is related to you. From one generation to the next the people at the table have one of their parents on one side and one of their children on the other. So, as the table stretches away from you it goes further back in time.
Here is where it gets interesting. Just 3 places to the left you might find someone who fought in a World War II. Twenty five or so seats away there might be someone who lived in Medieval Europe at the time of the Black death, knights in shining Armour, and the crusades. Ninety-five seats away might sit a soldier in Alexander the Great's army as they marched into Egypt. Less than 500 seats away a Cro-Magnon would be decidedly uncomfortable with all the chatter and feeling out of place with their stone tools and leather clothes. If you go much further down the table you might not really recognize your relatives as fully modern humans. Just imagine the game of broken telephone you could play!
Here is where it gets interesting. Just 3 places to the left you might find someone who fought in a World War II. Twenty five or so seats away there might be someone who lived in Medieval Europe at the time of the Black death, knights in shining Armour, and the crusades. Ninety-five seats away might sit a soldier in Alexander the Great's army as they marched into Egypt. Less than 500 seats away a Cro-Magnon would be decidedly uncomfortable with all the chatter and feeling out of place with their stone tools and leather clothes. If you go much further down the table you might not really recognize your relatives as fully modern humans. Just imagine the game of broken telephone you could play!