The Earth is thought to be 46 hundred million years old. It may be hard to wrap your brain around that number so lets say the Earth is just 46 years old. That means single-celled organisms arrived around 11 years, simple animals around 40, dinosaurs around 45, and humans...only 2 hours ago...

+955 The Earth is thought to be 46 hundred million years old. It may be hard to wrap your brain around that number so lets say the Earth is just 46 years old. That means single-celled organisms arrived around 11 years, simple animals around 40, dinosaurs around 45, and humans...only 2 hours ago. This really puts human existence into perspective, amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Actually, the earth is only 6000 years old. :o)

by Anonymous 12 years ago

http://www.realtruth.org/articles/090203-006-science.html?s_kwcid=TC|7308|how%20old%20is%20the%20earth||S|e|6440521877&gclid=CNOA_9605qkCFROAgwod0ngvXw

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Uh..what? The earliest humans were recorded to be 10,000 years old, so that makes no sense.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

You missed the whole "thought to be" part, didn't you? Not saying you're right, by the way.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

You're stupid.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

If we are two years ago how can the dinosaurs be one year ago...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It says two hours ago...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Oh gotchya

by Anonymous 12 years ago

And we already screwed the earth up. NICE JOB GUYS! THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Lol it's not bad. You shouldn't be embarrassed. It's not like you knew it would get popular. I didn't. It's a perfectly acceptable response to the comment.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Inb4 scrantoncity Oh wait... He's gone. I kinda miss him.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

For simple animals and dinosaurs did you mean months/days?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

No I meant years. I know dinosaurs were around only 65 million years ago but that's why I said "around 45".

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Oh my god. I just finished writing my reply to you, and then I read the post again. What I first thought was that you meant that dinosaurs had been around for 45 years out of the 46, not appeared on the 45th year, which didn't make any sense. Now I feel so stupid xD

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It's amazing that we've learned and figured out so much in such a short amount of time.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

There's actually no way to prove the Earth existed before I was born

by Anonymous 12 years ago

(?damU): Self involved much?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Moron much?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

(?damU): troll much?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Plant much?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

(?damU): I'm pretty sure your parents could tell you it existed.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

(?damU): Time to take a history class.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

How do you know that stuff is true? Your parents and teachers could be liars or actors.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

(?damU): No, because they are obviously older than you. You can see people around you aging, and they're farther in the aging process than you are.

by Anonymous 12 years ago