millennia
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Language, on the other hand, dates back only about a hundred millennia, a shorthand humans created to process and relay concepts great and small.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
This fog-shrouded patch of coastal forest in the heart of Yurok Country was tended by the tribe for millennia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Some of that carbon becomes woody tissue in the trunk, branches, and roots, where it can remain stored for decades, centuries, or even millennia.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
"These yeasts have accompanied Oetzi on his long journey through the millennia," study co-author Frank Maixner said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
It was soon to become the basis of the most influential philosophy in Western history—the Aristotelian doctrine that would live for two millennia.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
