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Perspectives on deep time

The universe is roughly 13.8 billions years old. The universe was 66% of its current age by the time the Sun and Earth formed. Life appears to have begun on Earth when it was around 10% of its current age of around 4.5 billion years. The Earth was 85% of its current age before the … Continue reading Perspectives on deep time →

SelfAwarePatterns Science 4 Comments December 12, 2013December 12, 2013 1 Minute

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