If the entire history of earth was summed up in 24 hours, how long will humans have occupied the planet?
1 Answer
Feb 3, 2016
Interesting question on scaling! Earth has history for 4.6 billion years. Humans (as Homo Sapiens) have history for 0.2 million years. Against 24 h Earth;s history, this is 3.76 s..
Explanation:
In hours, the answer is 24 X (2.E+05/4.6E+09) = 1,04348 h. Converting to seconds, it is 3.76 s..
