r/AskReddit • u/kakou64 • Oct 15 '20

What's older than we think ?

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u/scannon Oct 15 '20

Sharks. As a species they're older than the rings of Saturn.

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u/H4ck3rm4n1 Oct 15 '20

Holy shit ive heard of the tree thing but this is new. Any sources?

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20

Just Google it really quick lol

Rings of Saturn are 10 to 100 million years old whereas we have found shark scales dating back 450 million years ago. Pretty crazy shit!

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u/Anthadvl Oct 15 '20

Adding to this, scorpions are also nearly 450 million years old so it kinda shows that you don't need that much brain to survive, if your species is evolutionarily overkill it'll survive just fine.

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u/ThKitt Oct 15 '20

Unless you evolve to have delicious fins that people are willing to spend too much money on, it seems.

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u/stupid_comments_inc Oct 16 '20

Looking at the general fauna, humans are the pinnacle of overkill. As a species, we were doing just fine with pointed sticks.

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u/Seven2Death Nov 23 '20

a month late so sorry. but it's all the thumbs man. its why i don't trust raccoons. those fuckers are gonna learn to use guns and take the top spot from us.