2006-09-13 21:59:15 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
The universe is somewhere between 10 and 20 billion years old. I think the most common estimates are something over 13 billion years.
If an individual human lives 100 years, that would be somewhat less than 0.000001% of the universe's age.
2006-09-13 22:05:51 · answer #1 · answered by Bramblyspam 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is widely believed by researchers, that a full half of the North American and Japanese babies born since 2000 will live to an age of 90, and 10% to 100 years of age. It is hoped, with that extended lifespan, more productive and non-debilitated years will be added to the extreme upper end of middle age.
The Universe uses the same time scale as humans. Some events take a billionth of a second, and some events take billions of years. On this scale, human endeavours are right in the middle.
;-D Relax, stop smoking, drive carefully, watch your exercise and nutrition. Live long and prosper.
2006-09-13 22:21:32 · answer #2 · answered by China Jon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not long, for example if you were to condense the history of the earth, from it's formation till now, into a single day then humans (as in modern man) would come into being at approximately 23:59:58 or two seconds till midnight. The life span of a single human is similarly insignificant when compared to the history of mankind. If you wanted to compare Human existance to the whole Universe then that time would be less than one second to midnight
2006-09-13 22:52:04 · answer #3 · answered by craig_james_stewart 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a bit of an argument over how old the universe is at the moment. Some say 15 billion years some say 11 billion years.
take the smaller one at 11 billion. That's 11 followed by 9 zeros. We live for approximately 80 years that's 8 followed by only one nought.
Does that answer your question?
2006-09-13 22:06:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Imagine a twenty four hour clock starting from 00:00 hours. That's when the Earth began forming as a ball of dust and rocks. Man did not appear on Earth until 3 minutes to midnight - or 23:57. Try applying that measurement to the age of the known Universe.......
2006-09-14 04:50:38 · answer #5 · answered by Old Man of Coniston!. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The universe is about 15 billion years old the oldest person in recorded history is about 130 so compared to the universe not long at all
2006-09-13 22:07:47 · answer #6 · answered by Ben 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure about the universe, but if the whole history of planet earth was a 24 hour clock, then humans would be the very last second... at least that's what I was told at school. Shows just how insignificant we all are doesn't it.
2006-09-13 22:04:47 · answer #7 · answered by hastetothewedding 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
universe's current age is 15 billion years probably it will live for another 80 billion years. So lets say the full life is 100 billion years.
Now humans have lived on earth for 50,000 years, say we will live for another 50,000 years so its like 100,000 years. so we live 10^5 years to 10^11 years of universe so humans would have lived 10^-6 units for 1 unit of the universe.
2006-09-14 01:58:22 · answer #8 · answered by Infinity 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Figure it out for yourself.
the universe - 15,000,000,000 years That's 15 billion.
You? - 75 years. Do the arithmetic.
2006-09-13 22:08:29 · answer #9 · answered by MaqAtak 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no one knows, because we could only estimate how long the universe has been created, and no one know when it would ends...
2006-09-13 22:10:07 · answer #10 · answered by ~_~ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋