Is That A Big Number?

If Time since the first modern humans (250,000 y) was a standard unit ...

Time since the end of the Permian geologic period (252 million y)...more would be 1000 x Time since the first modern humans

Time since the emergence of flowering plants (125 million y)...more would be 500 x Time since the first modern humans

Length of one Alautun, longest unit in Mayan calendar (63.1 million y)...more would be 250 x Time since the first modern humans

Time since first humans in Australia (50,000 y)...more would be 1/5 of Time since the first modern humans

Time since the birth of Socrates (2,490 y)...more would be 1/100 of Time since the first modern humans

Time since start of building of the Parthenon (2,468 y)...more would be 1/100 of Time since the first modern humans

Time since the birth of al-Khwarizmi (1,246 y)...more would be 1/200 of Time since the first modern humans

Time since the birth of Toscanelli (627 y)...more would be 1/400 of Time since the first modern humans

Time since birth of Sophie Germain (248 y)...more would be 1/1000 of Time since the first modern humans

Period of Pluto's orbit (248 y)...more would be 1/1000 of Time since the first modern humans

Time since the birth of Gauss (247 y)...more would be 1/1000 of Time since the first modern humans

Time since birth of M. C. Escher (126 y)...more would be 1/2000 of Time since the first modern humans

Time since first transatlantic wireless communication (123 y)...more would be 1/2000 of Time since the first modern humans

Time since first human went into space (62 y)...more would be 1/4000 of Time since the first modern humans

One average human generation (25 y)...more would be 1/10000 of Time since the first modern humans

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