I just thought there is a pattern on the "Are Older Than Scientists Thought" part to make a discovery exciting (it seems to be what is indeed exciting here), a quick search on "are older than scientists thoughts " you get

Universe Older Than Thought... The moon is older than scientists thought.. Land plants are older than scientists thought... Written zero 500 years older than scientists thought -... Your dog is 10,000 years older than scientists thought... Human Species May Be Much Older Than Previously Thought ...

Some [adjective] [commonly known subject matter/celebrities]'s [attribute] is/are [older/newer/bigger/smaller/...] than scientists/we thought.