chronology

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Some researchers support a short chronology, suggesting humans arrived around 50,000 years ago.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

“To say this chronology represents, at a minimum, a concerning breach of the spirit of the dismissal order is an understatement, if not an outright violation of it,” Cannon wrote.

From Slate • Feb. 26, 2026

White said in a written submission that the "chronology leaves no room for doubt that by at least 5 April 2016, Sir Simon was well aware that he had a potential claim against Associated".

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

A chronology of top quarterback movement in recent days provides circumstantial evidence that Louisiana State and Williams have mutual interest.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2026

The first volume dealt with the interval from the Creation to the Flood, a period he took to be 432,000 years or about a hundred times longer than the Old Testament chronology.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan