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[–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Sharks are so old that I've seen other comparisons, had never seen the milky way one before, that's very interesting, the other ones I knew is that sharks are older than:

  • The rings of Saturn
  • Trees

So when sharks first evolved Saturn had no rings and trees didn't exist yet.

[–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 19 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Sharks also predate basically all big recognizable surface geology features on earth. They're way older than the Grand Canyon or the Himalayas. It kind of makes sense once you realize they date back to the Pangea supercontinent.

Also, biologically modern humans are much older than Niagara Falls.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Also, biologically modern humans are much older than Niagara Falls.

To be fair, that's only about 140 years.

[–] 2piradians@lemmy.world 11 points 4 weeks ago

Sharks preceding trees is 🤯

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago

when sharks first evolved Saturn had no rings

Or at least, didn’t have its current rings. I could be wrong but couldn’t it have torn apart other moons to create a different set of rings that then degraded over time?

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Trees are 385 million years old. Sharks are 200 million years old. Trees still out-date sharks.