If the entire history of the Earth was scaled to a time line the length of a football field, human civilization would occupy what proportion of the field?

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The Earth is estimated to be around 4.54 billion years old, while modern humans have only been around for approximately 200,000 years. This means that human civilization would only occupy a very small portion of the football field timeline, which can be represented by a sliver no thicker than a piece of paper.

If the Entire History of the Earth Was Scaled to a Time