If we picture the history of Earth as a 30-day month,modern humans arose
A) at the beginning of week 4.
B) on day 27.
C) in the last 5 minutes of day 30.
D) on day 15.
E) in the early morning of day 30.

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Modern humans (Homo sapiens) first appeared around 300,000 years ago, which is only about 0.02% of the history of Earth. So if we condense the history of Earth into a 30-day month, humans would have appeared in the very last 5 minutes of day 30.

If We Picture the History of Earth as a 30-Day