Imagine a 24 hour clock, that is, one that takes a whole day for the hour hand to make one rotation. We will use the time scale of 24 hours, or one day, to represent the alleged time from the big bang to today. The advantage of this scale is that the event of the Big Bang would have happened when the hands were at 00.00 and here we are with the hands back at 00.00 some 13,798,000,000 years later! So, on this scale, when were Homo sapiens – you and me – first supposed to appear? That event allegedly took place 200,000 years ago (y.a.) – on this time scale, a mere 1.3 seconds ago. As for 6,000 years ago it would be 0.04 seconds before midnight. The chart shows other alleged evolutionary

That event allegedly took place 200,000 years ago (y.a.) – on this time scale, a mere 1.3 seconds ago. As for 6,000 years ago it would be 0.04 seconds before midnight. The chart shows other alleged evolutionary land-marks on the same scale. [Chart to be done]

Here’s another way of looking at it. In the UK we think of extreme distances as being between Land’s End and John O’Groats –from the bottom to the top of the UK. At John O’Groats there is a signpost showing the distance to Land’s End – 874 miles or 1,406km. The arm of the signpost is about 0.6m/2ft long. If we made the length of that signpost represent 6,000 years, then the length of a signpost arm to represent when Homo Sapiens alledged put in an appearance would be require a signpost arm just over 7ft/2.2m long. However, the length of the signpost arm to represent when the Big Bang is supposed to have taken place would need to be 1,400km long, stretching all the way to Land’s End!

The arm of the signpost is about 0.6m/2ft long. If we made the length of that signpost represent 6,000 years, then the length of a signpost arm to represent when Homo Sapiens alledged put in an appearance would be require a signpost arm just over 7ft/2.2m long. However, the length of the signpost arm to represent when the Big Bang is supposed to have taken place would need to be 1,400km long, stretching all the way to Land’s End!