• Nibodhika@lemmy.world
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      5 months 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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        5 months 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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        5 months 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?