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You can also think in terms of generations. If everyone has a kid at 20 then you can draw 100 stick figures in a line to go 2000 years back. Not so long when yo
by Swenrekcah 7y ago
You can also think in terms of generations. If everyone has a kid at 20 then you can draw 100 stick figures in a line to go 2000 years back. Not so long when you look at it.
- eloff 7y agoSo this person 200k years ago was roughly 10000 generations ago. That's long in human terms and very short in the history of the earth.
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- lm28469 7y agoThe entire history of mammals is already quite small when you compare it to the history of earth. Protohumans/humans history is a drop in the ocean. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Earth#/media/File%3AGeologic_Clock_with_events_and_periods.svg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Earth#/media/File...