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  • most cultures with a sun would probably have a 24 hour day based on them using circular sun dials

    The use of 24 (really its 2 12 part divisions of day and night) is arbitrary. They could really use any numbering system.

    The reason we use 12 and 60 is from the babylonians. We think they used base 12 and 60 because of body part counting. Each digit of the hand minus the thumb is divided into 3 parts. That gives you 12 then each finger on the opposite hand gives you 5 of each 12 count giving you base 60. If an alien has different parts, which they will, they wouldn’t necessarily use the same numbers.