Time since the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species

Time since the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species (165 y)

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If Time since the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species (165 y) was a standard unit ...

  • Age of oldest musical instrument (42,000 y)...more would be 250 x Time since the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species
  • Age of the earliest city (6,500 y)...more would be 40 x Time since the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species
  • Time since the birth of mathematician Hypatia (1,674 y)...more would be 10 x Time since the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species
  • Time since the death of Shakespeare (406 y)...more would be 2.5 x Time since the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species
  • Time since the publication of Dickens's Tale of Two Cities (165 y)...more would be about as big as Time since the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species
  • Period of Neptune's orbit (164.8 y)...more would be about as big as Time since the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species
  • Period of Uranus's orbit (84 y)...more would be 1/2 of Time since the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species

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