The world (Earth) started forming about 4.6 billion years ago from dust and gas in the early solar system, with scientists pinpointing its age around 4.54 billion years, shortly after the sun formed and roughly a third the age of the universe itself. This formation happened through collisions of particles, gradually building up planets from a solar nebula, while the Universe began much earlier with the Big Bang around 13.8 billion years ago.
The Earth formed over 4.6 billion years ago out of a mixture of dust and gas around the young sun.
Over the years, the Church of God has explained that God has a 7,000-year plan. While this is not specifically stated in Scripture, it is understood through history and scriptural analogy.
A variation of this analogy instead compresses Earth's 4.6 billion year-old history into a single day: While the Earth still forms at midnight, and the present day is also represented by midnight, the first life on Earth would appear at 4:00 am, dinosaurs would appear at 10:00 pm, the first flowers 10:30 pm, the first ...
Modern humans, Homo sapiens, first appeared in Africa around 200,000 to 300,000 years ago, evolving from earlier hominid ancestors over millions of years, with key traits like walking upright (bipedalism) emerging much earlier, over 4 million years ago, and the genus Homo (like Homo erectus) appearing about 2.5 million years ago.
Humans first evolved in Africa, and much of human evolution occurred on that continent. The fossils of early humans who lived between 6 and 2 million years ago come entirely from Africa. Most scientists currently recognize some 15 to 20 different species of early humans.
Humans looked essentially the same as they do today 10,000 years ago, with minor differences in height and build due to differences in diet and lifestyle.
Among the Masoretic creation estimates or calculations for the date of creation only the Archbishop Ussher chronology dates the creation to 4004 BC and became the most accepted and popular, mainly because this specific date was attached to the King James Bible.
When did life on Earth begin? Earth is about 4.5 billion years old. Scientists think that by 4.3 billion years ago, Earth may have developed conditions suitable to support life. The oldest known fossils, however, are only 3.7 billion years old.
Scripture does not mention the existence of dinosaurs—at least not as we now understand them—neither before nor after the Genesis Flood.
The Jubilee of 2033
The year 2033 will be of exceptional significance for the Christian community and the entire world. This extraordinary year will mark the 2000th anniversary of the Redemption, an event that highlights the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the foundation of Christian faith.
In accordance with Theophilus' calculations, the world was from 5600 to 5700 year old. Among other dates, a younger age of 5228 years at the beginning of Christ's public life was derived by Eusebius of Caesarea, yielding about 5199 years for the Nativity.
Adam is the name given in Genesis 1–5 to the first human. Adam is the first human being aware of God, and features as such in various belief systems (including Judaism, Christianity, Gnosticism, Islam, and the Baháʼí Faith).
However, recently some scientists have narrowed in on the hypothesis that life originated near a deep sea hydrothermal vent. The chemicals found in these vents and the energy they provide could have fueled many of the chemical reactions necessary for the evolution of life.
# 1: Coronal Mass Ejections
Yes, this can happen to humanity on Earth… it has happened before! The very source of life for humanity is, indeed, our greatest threat.
Before Homo sapiens, Homo erectus had already spread throughout Africa and non-Arctic Eurasia by about one million years ago. The oldest known evidence for anatomically modern humans (as of 2017) are fossils found at Jebel Irhoud, Morocco, dated to about 360,000 years old.
Tamil. The record holder for the world's oldest language still in use today goes to Tamil. Around 78 million people speak Tamil, mostly in Sri Lanka (an island nation southeast of India), southern India, and Singapore. Tamil is one of 300+ languages Propio works in for translation and interpretation services.
Aquatic animals. Glass sponges found in the East China Sea and Southern Ocean have been estimated to be more than 10,000 years old. Although this may be an overestimate, this is likely the longest lived animal on Earth.
God tells us 365 times in His Word: “Fear not.” Why? Because He is with you.
Yes, historical consensus confirms that Jesus lived approximately 2,000 years ago in the region of modern-day Israel/Palestine, with most scholars placing his birth around 4-6 BC and his death around 30 AD, fitting within that timeframe, though details are debated. There's significant historical evidence for his existence from both Christian and non-Christian sources of the era.
There's no exact date for Jesus' birth in the Bible, but most scholars estimate it was between 6 BC and 4 BC, linked to King Herod the Great's reign, with some theories pointing to late September/early October (around the Jewish feast of Sukkot) or even earlier in 7 BC, while December 25th became the established Christian celebration much later.
The need to cover the body is associated with human migration out of the tropics into climates where clothes were needed as protection from sun, heat, and dust in the Middle East; or from cold and rain in Europe and Asia.
OCR: Modern humans have existed for around 200,000 years, but written records only began about 6,000 years ago. This means nearly 97% of human history happened before anything was written down. While archaeology and genetics offer clues, much of our early past remains a mystery, with countless stories lost to time.
United States. Life expectancy from 1990 to 2021 in the US, UK, Netherlands, and Austria. In 2023, the life expectancy at birth was 78.4 in the United States, a 0.9 year increase from 2022. Although American life expectancy has been on a general increase, from 73.7 in 1980 to 78.4 in 2023.