document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=253912>Question 253912</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The planet Earth is 5 billion years old (a billion is one thousand million). Life first evolved on Earth around 4 billion years ago. The species Homo Sapiens is around 1 million years old. Imagine that the 5 billions years of Earth's existence is represented by one single year starting on January 1'st and ending December 31'st.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a).(Please enter month (write out the word), then date, then time, then am or pm) What date will it be? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(b). The earliest civilizations of which we have records are no more than 10,000 years old. What date and time does this corresond to? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " Life first evolved on Earth around 4 billion years ago.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " The species Homo Sapiens is around 1 million years old. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Imagine that the 5 billions years of Earth's existence is represented by one single year starting on January 1'st and ending December 31'st.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a).(Please enter month (write out the word), then date, then time, then am or pm) What date will it be?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b). The earliest civilizations of which we have records are no more than 10,000 years old. What date and time does this correspond to?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28365%2A24%2A3600%29%2F5000000000 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28365%2A24%2A3600%29%2F5000000000\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = .0063072 sec = 1 yr<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ".0063072 * 10000 = 63.072 sec is 10,000 years<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "63 sec before midnight Dec 31st: <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Dec 31, 11:58:57 PM, earliest civilization time </SPAN>\n" );
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