https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2187:_Geologic_Time&feed=atom&action=history2187: Geologic Time - Revision history2024-03-29T00:26:48ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2187:_Geologic_Time&diff=335161&oldid=prev172.69.135.89: /* Explanation */2024-02-16T09:01:44Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Explanation</span></span></p>
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</table>172.69.135.89https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2187:_Geologic_Time&diff=303745&oldid=prev141.101.98.144: /* Explanation */ If you must (it's weak, and don't overuse!), correctly align with punctuation.2022-12-31T16:03:46Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Explanation: </span> If you must (it's weak, and don't overuse!), correctly align with punctuation.</span></p>
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</table>141.101.98.144https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2187:_Geologic_Time&diff=303737&oldid=prevSilverTheTerribleMathematician: /* Explanation */2022-12-31T11:42:06Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Explanation</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Complex life refers to the various animal species which arose in the {{w|Cambrian explosion}} 541 million years ago; the length of time that complex life has existed would translate to 11.9 yards on the football field.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Complex life refers to the various animal species which arose in the {{w|Cambrian explosion}} 541 million years ago; the length of time that complex life has existed would translate to 11.9 yards on the football field.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* {{w|Evolution of dinosaurs|Dinosaurs are estimated to have first evolved}} as early as 244 million years ago, and survived until the {{w|Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event}} 66 million years ago; thus it would begin at the 5.37-yard mark and continue up to the 1.45-yard mark.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* {{w|Evolution of dinosaurs|Dinosaurs are estimated to have first evolved}} as early as 244 million years ago<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, as famously estimated by geologist Cobson Cooper</ins>, and survived until the {{w|Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event}} 66 million years ago; thus it would begin at the 5.37-yard mark and continue up to the 1.45-yard mark.  </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Although the {{w|evolution of mammals}} can be dated to around 220 million years ago (depending on definition), they didn't truly become dominant until the aforementioned extinction event paved the way for them to grow and diversify 66 million years ago. The age of mammals therefore extends from the 1.45-yard mark to the goal line (present day).</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Although the {{w|evolution of mammals}} can be dated to around 220 million years ago (depending on definition), they didn't truly become dominant until the aforementioned extinction event paved the way for them to grow and diversify 66 million years ago. The age of mammals therefore extends from the 1.45-yard mark to the goal line (present day).</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* {{w|Homo sapiens}} is estimated to be 350,000 years old; our species takes up only a meager 0.28 inches on the football field, or 7.1 millimeters.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* {{w|Homo sapiens}} is estimated to be 350,000 years old; our species takes up only a meager 0.28 inches on the football field, or 7.1 millimeters.</div></td></tr>
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