Time since first humans in Australia

Time since first humans in Australia (50,000 y)

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If Time since first humans in Australia (50,000 y) was a standard unit ...

  • Time since the end of the Permian geologic period (252 million y)...more would be 5000 x Time since first humans in Australia
  • Time since the end of the Triassic geologic period, mass extinction (201 million y)...more would be 4000 x Time since first humans in Australia
  • Time since the emergence of flowering plants (125 million y)...more would be 2500 x Time since first humans in Australia
  • Time since the first modern humans (250,000 y)...more would be 5 x Time since first humans in Australia
  • Time since the birth of Socrates (2,490 y)...more would be 1/20 of Time since first humans in Australia
  • Time since start of building of the Parthenon (2,468 y)...more would be 1/20 of Time since first humans in Australia
  • Time since the birth of Hero of Alexandria (2,014 y)...more would be 1/25 of Time since first humans in Australia
  • Time since the birth of al-Khwarizmi (1,246 y)...more would be 1/40 of Time since first humans in Australia
  • Time since birth of Sophie Germain (248 y)...more would be 1/200 of Time since first humans in Australia
  • Period of Pluto's orbit (248 y)...more would be 1/200 of Time since first humans in Australia
  • Time since the birth of Gauss (247 y)...more would be 1/200 of Time since first humans in Australia
  • Time since the first iron steamship crossed the English Channel (202 y)...more would be 1/250 of Time since first humans in Australia
  • Time since the first passenger steam railway service (199 y)...more would be 1/250 of Time since first humans in Australia
  • Time since birth of M. C. Escher (126 y)...more would be 1/400 of Time since first humans in Australia
  • Time since first transatlantic wireless communication (123 y)...more would be 1/400 of Time since first humans in Australia
  • One average human generation (25 y)...more would be 1/2000 of Time since first humans in Australia
  • Time since first Tesla Model S launched (10 y)...more would be 1/5000 of Time since first humans in Australia

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