It is the hypothesis of many members of the Electric Universe community that within human memory, perhaps a mere four or five thousand years ago, the Earth\u2019s sky and the inner solar system underwent profound changes. An epoch of planetary instability produced extraordinary electromagnetic events and global catastrophes that were recorded in myths and legends around the world. Today, we shift our focus to perhaps the most important question one can explore when considering this thesis — what were the effects of these events on humankind, and to what extent did they shape our world and our species to this day?<\/p>\n