If the 130,000-year period since anatomically modern humans made their first appearance were compressed into a single day, economic growth would have begun in the last:
A) three hours.
B) hour.
C) three minutes.
D) half hour.
E) two hours.

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Economic growth, as we understand it, began very recently in human history. If the entire history of anatomically modern humans were compressed into a single day, the start of significant economic growth would only appear in the last three minutes, illustrating how recent and rapid this growth has been.

If the 130,000-Year Period Since Anatomically Modern Humans Made Their