How Old Is The Earth, And How Do We Know?

The generally accepted age for the Earth and the rest of the solar system is about 4.55 billion years (plus or minus about 1%). This value is derived from several different lines of evidence.



For more explanation see the link below.

that, as translators, we sometimes help people with.
Searching the internet, eg: with Google (search engine) using your question or similar words as keywords, is likely to give you the answer
Best wishes
Giuli

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I\'m assuming you would like to know the answer to the question (in English), as the system shows. If you would actually like your phrase transalated into another language, or help with understanding English words, please tell us (by adding a note to the question you asked) and we will help you if we can :-)

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(if Tunde is looking for help with what the phrase means in English - then Rowan\'s answer)

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Also nothing wrong with Attila being kind and noble
(as he always is :-))

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There is nothing wrong with asking people things, and it\'s fun, but with access to the internet you can find out some kinds of information more easily yourself, as well as still contacting people for things that are more difficult to find out. Internet searching is a useful skill to practice (we use it quite a lot, as translators).

Different search engines can be used, but one advantage of the one called \'Google\' is that if you type a phrase between \" \" inverted commas, Google looks for writings containing the whole phrase, on the internet.
To use that to answer your question, you could go to Google at:
http://www.google.co.uk/
type your question:\"how old is the earth\" in the google \'search box\'(with inverted commas \" at each end), and enter. Sites with that question in, will often talk about the answer.
If you get answers which disagree, think of ways to decide which is more likely to be correct, or if any of them are.

Of course Attila doesn\'t need to do an internet search for the answer to this question, he knows it :-))

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(The last note is only if it is a question asking for the answer to the question :-)


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http://www.tcd.ie/Geology/Courses/ewf/lecture4.html

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http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-age-of-earth.html

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above are two interesting sites I found (by doing what I described above :-)), and which answer the question (if that is what is wanted, of course. Otherwise -or if it\'s something difficult to find out- feel free to get in touch).