butchcranton
butchcranton t1_ja4couj wrote
Reply to comment by PatrickAplomb in There's been tens of thousands of generations of humans, yet even those just 3 generations back are already forgotten by most living humans. by batsofburden
One ten(s) of thousands
butchcranton t1_ja4ccio wrote
Reply to comment by PatrickAplomb in There's been tens of thousands of generations of humans, yet even those just 3 generations back are already forgotten by most living humans. by batsofburden
Anatomically modern humans are about 200k yrs old. About 20 years per generation --> ~10k generations.
butchcranton t1_ja4gi3l wrote
Reply to comment by Agile_Coyote_6483 in There's been tens of thousands of generations of humans, yet even those just 3 generations back are already forgotten by most living humans. by batsofburden
Yep. All of us living things are the great (xN) grandchildren of bacteria.