How many years old is the Earth?
Science easy Data from 2024
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The answer
4,540,000,000 years
Roughly 4.5B.
The Earth is about 4.54 billion years old, dated from meteorites and the oldest terrestrial minerals. Life appeared within the first billion years; complex animals only in the last 600 million. Humans have existed for the final 0.007% of it.
Where this number comes from
| Source | NASA / U.S. Geological Survey |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2024 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | years |
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