Time since the birth of Albrecht Durer

Time since the birth of Albrecht Durer (553 y)

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Time since the birth of Albrecht Durer (553 y)

  • is 1/5000 of Time since the emergence of earliest humans (2.8 million y)...more
  • is 1/200 of Time since the start of the last glacial period (Ice Age) (110,000 y)...more
  • is 1/10 of Time since first domestication of horses (5,500 y)...more
  • is 1/4 of Time since start of building of the Great Pyramid of Cholula (2,250 y)...more
  • is about as big as Time since the birth of Copernicus (550 y)...more
  • is about as big as Time since the Caxton's first edition of Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales (548 y)...more
  • is 5 x Time since the birth of Turing (112 y)...more
  • is 5 x Time since the first fixed wing scheduled air service (110 y)...more
  • is 10 x Time since the first human walked on the moon (55 y)...more

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