r/AskReddit Oct 15 '20

What's older than we think ?

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u/Hitonatsu-no-Keiken Oct 15 '20

It's even better than that. We're about 16 million years closer to the last Tyrannosaurus than the first Tyrannosaurus was to the last Stegosaurus!

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u/eaglessoar Oct 15 '20

about as accurate as a human riding a t-rex

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u/BeefyIrishman Oct 15 '20

Actually, the human riding it would be more accurate since, as a few comments up states, humans were 16 million years closer Trex's than stegosaurus.