The connection to “humanity’s distant past” is quite tenous:
> But it is very real, showcasing the process of stars being born a mere 390 light years from Earth. This is the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, the closest star-forming region to Earth.
> Given the nursery's proximity and Webb's unparalleled scientific instruments, we have never had this kind of crystal-clear view of these processes before. [...]
> This is a revelatory view of our own distant past. Our own star and Solar System formed a little more than 4.5 billion years ago, when a molecular cloud collapsed into what became our Sun.
Still worth taking a look, best through the zoomable image linked to by yread in another comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36721362