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Discover LudwigThe phrase "human years" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is typically used when discussing age or lifespan in comparison to animals or other creatures. Example: "Dogs age seven times faster than humans, so a one-year-old dog is equivalent to a seven-year-old human in human years."
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human years
noun
Plural of human year
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But according to NewsWalker, he would have been around 80-years-old in "human years".
He's 17 years old – that's 119 in human years.
In adulthood, every month of the animal is approximately equivalent to 2.5 human years.
Belgian designer Veronique Branquinho just showed her 21st collection in Paris (that's 10 in human years).
Do you know people think that one dog year is seven human years?
The cloned sheep were between the ages of 7 and 9, about 60 in human years.
Most people think that one dog year equals seven human years.
"She's a special dog and in human years she is about 100.
Casco is in his late teens or maybe 20, the equivalent in human years of someone approaching retirement age.
The animal, a dwarf mouse named Yoda, turned 4 on Saturday, or roughly 136 in human years.
So the first year of a dog's life is equal to about 15 human years, rather than seven.
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