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The History of Earth as a 24 hr clock. Humans have only just arrived.

Note: I first came across this image through UW-Madison geology. #science #history

in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

very cool. one question though, if the origin of life was so early at 0400 yet ten hours later at 1400 single cell algae turn up, what form did life have for that intervening massive block of time? just rna squigglin around or what
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

why a clock though? Should we be expecting another formation of earth in a minute?
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

What's this?” whispered Max, wild-eyed, “what's happening?”

“A big hand please, ladies and gentlemen,” he hollered, “for the Great Prophet
Zarquon! He has come! Zarquon has come again!”

“Er ...” he said, “hello. Er, look, I'm sorry I'm a bit late. I've had the most ghastly
time, all sorts of things cropping up at the last moment.”
He seemed nervous of the expectant awed hush. He cleared his throat.
“Er, how are we for time?” he said, “have I just got a min-”
And so the Universe ended

in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

In the hotel business, it's a 'short stay'-- two-three hours for a tryst or assignation, wham-bam, thankyou...
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

The new arrivals are pillaging and destroying so much of what came before. 😔
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

Reminds me of the Carl Sagan Cosmic Calendar episode where he represented the life of the universe as a monthly calendar... big bang on Jan 1 12:00am and evolved humans the last few minutes in December.

youtu.be/Ln8UwPd1z20?si=zpgeqe…

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