over 1,000,000,000 years   ago
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Well... I think we have to get our terms straight here. Frankenstein was a fictional doctor and researcher somewhere in Central Europe (perhaps what is now Romania) in a story written in France by a young British woman on a vacation which included the poets Shelley and Lord Byron. It all happened early in the 1800s, before Shelly drowned.\n\nSo, F wasn't a monster. In the story, he created a creature which was either a monster or misunderstood, depending on how you take the story. Assorted movies and other books have taken it all possible ways by now. Including one by Mel Brooks. \n\nAnd, since F supposedly lived about 1800, neither he nor the creature (fictional though they both be) were even alive (in iagination) 1 000 000 000 years ago. In fact, no humans actually lived then, nor any mammals nor reptiles nor dinosaurs nor birds no, if memeory serves, insects nor trees nor grass nor ... If there was life then, it was probably limited to micro-organisms which have left no fossils to be studied.\n\nYou might want to look up the age of the Earth to see how long ago in its life was 1 000 000 000 years ago. \n\nFrankenstein's monster (or creature or whatever) was promptly taken to be a warning about the possible downside of all that science and mechanical changes that had been occurring for more than a hundred years in 1800, and have added not only another 200 years, but sped up  up considerably since then. Many artists and writers have taken the metaphor seriously and have written quite a lot using it as an analytic tool. \n\n========\nmodern developments of science and engineering\n\nAnd indeed, the progress in our understanding of the physical universe, and our increased ability to control it which sometimes follows an increase of understanding, have brought up some new dangers. Engineering managed to produce atomic weapons after 50 years of increasing understanding of submicroscopic particles and their nature. \n\nWe are still coping with this today, more than 60 years afterwards. The effort to prevent the spread of these weapons has been slowly fraying for some time. The French, the Russians, the Pakistanis, the Indians, the Chinese, and probably both the Israelis and the South Africans, have all developed nuclear weapons, although the practicality of their various warheads and delivery systems are rather debatable. \n\nQuite a number of writers have used the Frankenstein story as an organizing motif in their accounts of the dangers and reasons for the dangers of having nuclear weapons in the hands of any nations, much less Third World nations somewhat controlled by religious or ethnic factions who may demand their use in a territorial dispute. \n\nBut, there is a problem here. Artists and writers are rarely good sources for a clear understanding of science and engineering. when they attempt to analyze and predict things scientific or engineering, they often get themselves considerably tangled up. A recent example is a spoof article written by Alan Sokal, a professor of physics at NYU, and submitted to a journal of advanced thought, Social Text. The article was well done of its type, and was complete and utter and deliberate nonsense. The editors and their reviewers couldn't see that, though, and it was accepted for publication. Sokal held a press conference announcing the hoax the day that issue of the magazine hit the street. Its editors continued for some time to defend their decision to publish it, despite the intended hoax. Their public explanations of why it was fine to publish the article even if it were a deliberate hoax are astonishing. And, if honest and not merely damage control via an attempt to guide the media spin, are evidence of rather considerable cluelessness. \n\nScience and engineering require a certain amount of intellectual apprenticeship before one becomes competent to really have an opinion. Short of that, everyone is very much as I would be if asked a question about quilting technique. Al
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No. The world was not created 5000 years ago by a supreme being. It evolved into what we see around us through billions of years of change commonly referred to as evolution.
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hey check out this link,it will really help:\n\nhttp://www.extinctanimal.com/prehistoric.htm
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Don't really understand the question.\nThe ages are relative to the period in the geological time scale where the fossil was found.\nie is the fossil was found in Tertiary rocks it is about 70 million years old.\nI hope this helps.
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any reaction or infection would have occured long ago.
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You believe 2 to 5 thousand year old text written by men who wanted to control people then but i will bet you won`t consider going to a doctor that practices medicine the way they did just 100 years ago.What a fraud!
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there is some info here \n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistoric_fish
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The earth goes through cycles of changing weather and historical analyses have shown that almost nothing we've seen in this lifetime can hold a candle to large climatic or geologic events in the past, some before the time of homo sapiens - we haven't been around for very long, you know.
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Around 3.5 billion years ago
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Global.\nThere is TONS of physical evidence for a world-wide flood that happened about 4400 years ago - Just like the Bible says.\nThere are several places to get more information about this, but the best website I know of is http://www.drdino.com
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A loooonnnnnggggg time ago
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I don't think that the celts' religious systems, as we know them today, existed for 60,000 years...\n\nHowever, your are correct about the Aborigines.  Aboriginal Dreamtime has existed for an estimated 60,000 years.
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These will help. In fact, do a search for 'britian 2000 BC' and you will find a lot!
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I have studied this topic for nearly 4 years. I believe it is less than 7,000 years. I had trouble with this until I saw how things are dated. Then I knew that there was no "proof" of anything over  about 5500 years old. Every thing over that age, whether 20,000 years or 4.5 billion years is speculation. I have worked in the science industry for about 30 years. I know my way around a lab. I certainly don't know everything, but I know these old dates given to fossils and rocks are speculation. Recent discoveries in DNA and Micro-biology have placed serious doubt in a lot of scientist minds about evolution. I know for a fact that creation is debated by scientists daily. Many can no longer support theories once held by the majority.
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wow! that's an awesome discovery!!!!\n\n\nthanks a lot for the links.\n\npeace.
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the earth is 4 600 000 000 years old.
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Possibly at some time in its history. Read the linked article.