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PatrickAplomb t1_ja47akz wrote

There’s been at most about 450-500 generations since the dawn of civilization

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butchcranton t1_ja4ccio wrote

Anatomically modern humans are about 200k yrs old. About 20 years per generation --> ~10k generations.

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Agile_Coyote_6483 t1_ja4g8ve wrote

Yeah i remember working this out when i was trying to argue to someone that youre not that unrelated to most living things on this planet. Even a banana is basically a distant cousin if you think about it

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butchcranton t1_ja4gi3l wrote

Yep. All of us living things are the great (xN) grandchildren of bacteria.

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