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by throwaway894345 1797 days ago
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.
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Sharks are extremely old, ~450m years. They are older than dinosaurs by ~140m years.

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

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