Less than 450 years ago, all European scholars believed that the Earth was at the center of a Universe that was at most a few million miles in extent, and that the planets, sun, and stars all rotated around this center.
The recognition by Charles Darwin.
Even less than 150 years ago, the view that living species were the result of special creation by God was still dominant.
Less than 250 years ago, they believed that the Universe was created essentially in its present state about 6000 years ago.
Less than 450 years ago, all European scholars believed that the Earth was at the center of a Universe that was at most a few million miles in extent, and that the planets, sun, and stars all rotated around this center