119- The Human Era Calendar

Happy 2026! Or rather- 12,026. At least, according to one interpretation. It has been suggested that the Anno Domini/Common Era system of timekeeping has some limitations. So, Cesare Emiliani created a calendar in 1993 to combat these issues. Get ready to discuss a calendar which begins when human civilisations and farming did- at midnight, 1st January, 10,000 BCE. After that, we'll take you on a whistlestop and incomplete tour of what some of human history might look like represented in that calendar.

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