80% there. The next step would be to generate many more versions of that picture. Even if you go back into the 80s, the hairstyle should change. If you go back into the 1800s, you probably don’t have the bright colors in the shirt. If you go back earlier, it might not be cotton but hemp. Etc. I think with generative AI it should be possible to slowly morph the one person from today in today’s clothing all the way back to Lucy, one picture at a time. Then, the effort of scrolling would actually be worth it!

It moves eventually, but the images chosen are few and far between, and oddly incongruous

Thank you. Yes the huge amount of time it takes to scroll is kind of a feature, not a bug (in my mind)! The huge numbers of ancestors needed to see a step change is the point I was hoping to make.

They are Gemini generated images. The original idea was to get my kids to draw pictures for each change, but their enthusiasm was not quite what I envisaged! Wanted to get it out there so AI to the rescue on that one. I agree it does cheapen the experience a bit :)