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If the 4.6 billion years of Earth's existence were only a single day, the 40,000 years of human existence would cover the last 3/4 second.

  1. True

  2. False
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Explanation

If 4.6 billion years equals 24 hours (86,400 seconds), then 1 second equals ~53,240 years. Thus, 40,000 years is approximately 0.75 seconds (3/4 of a second). This scale accurately represents the brevity of human history relative to Earth's age.

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