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"As a kid, it was tough for me to grasp the massive time scale of Earth’s
history. Now, with nearly two decades of experience as a geologist, I think one
of the best ways to understand our planet’s history and evolution is by
condensing the entire timeline into a single calendar year.
It’s not a new concept, but it’s a powerful one.
So, how do we go about this? If we consider Earth’s age as 4.54 billion years
and divide it by 365 days, each day of the Gregorian calendar represents about
12.438 million years.
Let’s say we want to calculate what “day” the Paleozoic started in our new
Earth calendar. We just need to subtract 541 million years from the age of the
planet and divide it by 12.438 million years. Simple, right?
As I ran these equations, I noticed something amusing. Some of the most
significant events in Earth’s history coincide with major holidays in the
Western world. By this reckoning, the dinosaurs went extinct on Christmas Day."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
