• Nibodhika@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    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.

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      13 hours ago

      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.

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      15 hours 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?