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Big History Challenges Conventional History, Critics Raise Questions While most history courses start with the beginning of human civilization, roughly 10,000 years ago, Big History starts with the Big Bang. Humans don't get mentioned until halfway into the course.

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Big History Challenges Conventional History, Critics Raise Questions

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Big History Challenges Conventional History, Critics Raise Questions

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While most history courses start with the beginning of human civilization, roughly 10,000 years ago, Big History starts with the Big Bang. Humans don't get mentioned until halfway into the course. This is the second of three parts. Hear part 1.