Also: Polaris (the north star) is younger than sharks.
(This one is less interesting as an overall observation about timescales though. Polaris is just quite a young star and sharks are quite and old life form).
(This one is less interesting as an overall observation about timescales though. Polaris is just quite a young star and sharks are quite and old life form).
Because of the precession of the Earth's axis, Polaris didn't become the north star until about 500 AD. To the ancient Egyptians, Thuban was the north star. When humans were first discovering agriculture 12,000 years ago, Vega was the north star.
Wikipedia has a great table showing the cycle of north stars: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_star#Precession_of_the_...