goober_jam@lemmy.fmhy.ml to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoTimeline of our worldmessage-squaremessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up15arrow-down1message-squareTimeline of our worldgoober_jam@lemmy.fmhy.ml to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-text
It’s currently year 2023. 10 years ago, it was 2013. What year was it 2023 years ago? Year 0?? What about 2024 years ago?
minus-squaregoober_jam@lemmy.fmhy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoWould that mean 5 million years ago it would be 5,000,2023 BC or is there some other format for dates that far back?
minus-squareyoevli@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoTechnically speaking I think it would be 4,997,978 BCE, but at that point you’re talking about geologic rather than anthropic timescales so you’d more likely just call it 5 mya (5 million years ago).
Would that mean 5 million years ago it would be 5,000,2023 BC or is there some other format for dates that far back?
Technically speaking I think it would be 4,997,978 BCE, but at that point you’re talking about geologic rather than anthropic timescales so you’d more likely just call it 5 mya (5 million years ago).