# I say humans first appeared in the year 28028 (BC). My friend says it was 237629 (BC). Who's right? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 24, 2014, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-say-humans-first-appeared-in-the-year-28028-bc-my-friend-says-it-was-237629-bc-whos-right/689171 "2014-05-24T09:32:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-say-humans-first-appeared-in-the-year-28028-bc-my-friend-says-it-was-237629-bc-whos-right/689171/21 "2014-05-26T03:14:58Z")
The Universe is only about 6 months old. God created it whole, including false memories of our past and conditions that would indicate that the universe was much older. Why? Because he’s God. He can do these things. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-say-humans-first-appeared-in-the-year-28028-bc-my-friend-says-it-was-237629-bc-whos-right/689171/22 "2014-05-26T04:46:18Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > The Universe is only about 6 months old. God created it whole, including false memories of our past and conditions that would indicate that the universe was much older. Why? Because he’s God. He can do these things. 😉 Sure, but why bother? The universe is 14 billion years old or it’s five minutes old and he just made it look 14 billion years old. Makes no difference to us; makes no difference to him. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-say-humans-first-appeared-in-the-year-28028-bc-my-friend-says-it-was-237629-bc-whos-right/689171/23 "2014-05-26T07:38:20Z")
I think the OP is more likely to be right, as 28028 BC was an Olympic year, and some of the earliest artefacts we’ve found of modern humans are clay discuses. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-say-humans-first-appeared-in-the-year-28028-bc-my-friend-says-it-was-237629-bc-whos-right/689171/24 "2014-05-26T07:48:57Z")
The one holding the joint is _always_ right. ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-say-humans-first-appeared-in-the-year-28028-bc-my-friend-says-it-was-237629-bc-whos-right/689171/25 "2014-05-26T11:50:07Z")
I’ve read the some sort of humans popped up at different times around the world. But they went extinct somehow so maybe they both are right. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-say-humans-first-appeared-in-the-year-28028-bc-my-friend-says-it-was-237629-bc-whos-right/689171/26 "2014-05-26T15:21:20Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Well a metric year is 10 metric months of 10 metric days which are 10 metric hours long (100 metric minutes) long… carry the 1… subtract 1 for each leap year… I come up with 1 metric year equals a little less time than it takes to wear out a cheap pair of sneakers; in English years, about 8 months 4 days 9 hours 37 minutes and 12 seconds (approx.). Julian or Gregorian? ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-say-humans-first-appeared-in-the-year-28028-bc-my-friend-says-it-was-237629-bc-whos-right/689171/27 "2014-05-26T19:41:57Z")
Now, was it a formal appearance or a casual appearance? In short, were tuxedos and formal gowns involved? Because that could change the date radically! ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-say-humans-first-appeared-in-the-year-28028-bc-my-friend-says-it-was-237629-bc-whos-right/689171/28 "2014-05-27T02:30:05Z")
Is it possible that the OP’s friend’s number (237629 (BC)) was actually a (mis-interpreted) Star Date? ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-say-humans-first-appeared-in-the-year-28028-bc-my-friend-says-it-was-237629-bc-whos-right/689171/29 "2014-05-27T03:52:57Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > The Universe is only about 6 months old. God created it whole, including false memories of our past and conditions that would indicate that the universe was much older. Why? Because he’s God. He can do these things. 😉 Bingo. It doesn’t bother me so much that the dinosaurs never existed, but it seems sad that the hot chick I knew 30 years ago was just an illusion. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-say-humans-first-appeared-in-the-year-28028-bc-my-friend-says-it-was-237629-bc-whos-right/689171/30 "2014-05-27T05:20:31Z")
Appeared? Where – on a stage maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-say-humans-first-appeared-in-the-year-28028-bc-my-friend-says-it-was-237629-bc-whos-right/689171/31 "2014-05-27T13:22:29Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Bingo. It doesn’t bother me so much that the dinosaurs never existed, but it seems sad that the hot chick I knew 30 years ago was just an illusion. What pisses me off is god couldn’t be bothered to add to the illusion that I banged her. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-say-humans-first-appeared-in-the-year-28028-bc-my-friend-says-it-was-237629-bc-whos-right/689171.md?page=1)