Since the dawn of civilization, people have been curious about the age of Earth.

自从文明出现以来，人们就一直对地球的年龄感到好奇。

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That takes the focus away from the natural variations in the earth climate, like the Ice Age, right?

那就把人们的注意力从地球气候的自然变化上转移开了，比如冰河时代，对吧？

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Even though in error, Joly's calculations clearly supported those geologists who insisted on an age for Earth far in excess of a few million years.

尽管乔利的计算有误，但其计算显然支持了那些坚持认为地球的年龄远远超过几百万年的地质学家。

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Not until the nineteen fifties did scientists, using radioactive dating, place the age of the Earth at over four billion years.

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The University of Virginia professor even thought that this warming was so great that it helped the earth avoid another ice age.

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Also,in Darwin's time, the age of the Earth was estimated only in the millions of years too short a time some said for evolution to work.

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The long-lifers' heroes are the likes of John Glenn, who circled the earth at the age of 77, and Goya, who was still painting rather well at 80.

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We believe that in its early history - remember, Earth and Mars, the solar system, 4.6 billion years old. 4.6 billion years old the age of Earth and Mars and the solar system.

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In the past, a one- to two-degree drop was all it took to plunge the Earth into the Little Ice Age.

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