What date would human beings appear?

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The discussion centers on the timeline of Earth's history, specifically the emergence of humans in relation to geologic time. It is noted that if Earth's history were compressed into a single calendar year, humans would appear just one minute before midnight on December 31. This equates to humans emerging within the last 12.5 million years of Earth's existence. Further, when considering the timeline from the Big Bang, human existence would be less than one second from midnight. The conversation humorously highlights the arrival of early human ancestors, with Australopithecus and Homo Erectus appearing at various points leading up to modern humans, who would show up shortly before the end of the year, symbolizing the brief span of human existence in the vast timeline of Earth.
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The Earth is an estimated four and a half billion years old. If geologic time were somehow compressed into a single calendar year, on what date would human beings appear?
 
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well all i know, on a documetary, that if you put Earth on a 24 hour clock from the beginnig of the exsitance of Earth then humans would appear 1 min from midnight :smile: :rolleyes:
 
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The last day represents about the last 12 and a half million years.

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jynXed666, if you put Earth since the "Big Bang" on a 24hr clock, then the existence of humans would be less than 1 second from midnight!
 
Be More Specific, give time and day.
 
Well, I believe Australopithecus Aferensus might have arrived on time for tea. Australopithecus Africanus would have made dinner. The earlier ancestors, if you can call them that would have missed lunch completely.
Homo Erectus would get to the new years party in time to say hello and have a few drinks. Modern man would pop in just 15 minutes or so before midnight. Shortly after the fall of Rome, we would start shouting out "10...9...8..."

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