Who invented time?

Answer 1

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Time was not "invented" as it does not really exist. It is a purely human mechanism for managing our lives.Outside the human framework all other organisms live "now" there is no yesterday or tomorrow in their conciousness. Of course they learn things and use that knowledge at a later date, but don't confuse that with having a concept of time.

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good answer ....what time is it?

Answer 2

David "Time" Jackson, jacksonville US.

Answer 3

The hybrid creatures the famous greeks called, The Eygptians.

Answer 4

time is a perception. so the first organism invented it. who decided to segment it into units is a different story, and a question that you didnt ask.

Answer 5

its a figment of your imagination, i told you that yesterday...or was it tomorrow

Answer 6

Zeus took it out of Pandoras box.

Answer 7

Mr.Timex,it was a cunning plan he hatched just to be able to sell his piece of moving jewellery that he called the watch !

Answer 8

god , mr.time or the clock

Answer 9

The origins of our current measurement system go back to the Sumerian civilization of approximately 2000 BCE. This is known as the Sumerian Sexagesimal System based on the number 60. 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour - and possibly a calendar with 360 (60x6) days in a year (with a few more days added on). Twelve also features prominently, with roughly 12 hours of day and 12 of night, and roughly 12 months in a year (especially in a 360 day year).

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time

Answer 10

Time wasn't invented. Time has existed forever and will do forever

Answer 11

One of the earliest known calendars, paintings dating from 15,000 years ago where found at the Lascaux caves in France.

So, it was the french.

Answer 12

Apparently, god just said, "on your marks, get set, GO!" and there it was.

Answer 13

Time is not an invention but an phenomenon. Watches and clocks are the inventions that tell time.

Answer 14

the human beings as they started thinking

Answer 15

Time is actually an illusion caused by the passing of history.

Answer 16

The aztecs made a lunar calnder (Based on the moon) but it wasnt perfect because certin days threw it off every few years. But eventually it was remade, adn I cant remember by who, but the aztecs formed a calender of monthes and it took track of time as well.

Answer 17

The first people to accurately log and record time were the Sumerians(Mesopotamians) in about 3300BC, over 5000 years ago. They invented writing and mathematics, and used these to chart the stars, movement of the sun etc. They created the concept of Hours days, weeks and months, astronomy etc. They were before the Egyptians by about 300 years, and well before Greeks, Indians, Chinese, Aztecs etc.

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check out SUMERIANS on the web

Answer 18

All good answers, but time as we understand it today is a product of the industrial revolution when assets had to be sweated to derive maximum return and therefore time was segmented into 'unnatural' portions, unlike before which were attuned to the seasons, day, etc.

Answer 19

The same idiot that invented work. and the first Sumerian king Gilgamesh

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The mechanic