Time since the birth of Pythagoras

Time since the birth of Pythagoras (2,594 y)

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If Time since the birth of Pythagoras (2,594 y) was a standard unit ...

  • Age of earliest stone hand axe (2.6 million y)...more would be 1000 x Time since the birth of Pythagoras
  • Time since the end of the Neogene geologic period (2.58 million y)...more would be 1000 x Time since the birth of Pythagoras
  • Time since first domestication of cattle (10,500 y)...more would be 4 x Time since the birth of Pythagoras
  • Time since first domestication of cats (10,500 y)...more would be 4 x Time since the birth of Pythagoras
  • Age of the earliest city (6,500 y)...more would be 2.5 x Time since the birth of Pythagoras
  • Age of oldest wooden wheel (5,150 y)...more would be 2 x Time since the birth of Pythagoras
  • Time since building of Stonehenge (5,120 y)...more would be 2 x Time since the birth of Pythagoras
  • Time since the earliest writing (5,100 y)...more would be 2 x Time since the birth of Pythagoras
  • Time since the birth of Joseph Fourier (256 y)...more would be 1/10 of Time since the birth of Pythagoras
  • Time since the birth of chemist Rosalind Franklin (104 y)...more would be 1/25 of Time since the birth of Pythagoras

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