Everything we have done here, has been done countless times before. It is a vast universe and we know very little about our planets ancient history.
So true, and also true about the world we're living in now and how it really functions.
That said, we were told the end from the beginning:
Isaiah 46:10 (NIV)
I make known the end from the beginning,
from ancient times, what is still to come.
I say, ‘My purpose will stand,
and I will do all that I please.’