Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for October 27, 1988
October 26, 1988
October 28, 1988
Transcript:
Calvin: Just think, earth was a cloud of dust 4.5 billion years ago... 3 billion years ago, the first bacteria appeared, then came sea life, dinosaurs, birds, mammals, and finally, a million years ago, man. Now in 1988 there's me. ...The acme of evolution. Hobbes: Oh, please.
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