[tephra]

There's this quote that I think is from Dan Carlin and I can't really remember how it goes but something like: "the birth of Cleopatra is closer to us in time than the building of the pyramids in Giza was to Cleopatra".

[spullara]

Reminds me that the latest dinosaur period is closer to us then the previous ones start. Human intelligence is not inevitable.

[throwaway894345]

I’ve also heard that humans are closer to tuna than tuna are to sharks. Not sure if it’s true, but it offends my sensibilities.

[spullara]

Sharks are extremely old, ~450m years. They are older than dinosaurs by ~140m years.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17453-timeline-the-ev...

[wkearney99]

And the Appalachian mountains are older than just about all animal life.