Scientists are getting very close to bringing a few iconic species, like woolly mammoths and dodos, back from extinction. That may not be a good thing.
  • @illi@lemm.eeEnglish
    11•6 months ago

    In the grand scheme of things the pyramids were built relatively recently, but I’d still consider it quite long ago

    • @stoly@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5•6 months ago

      Measured in human life it’s long ago. measured at universal scales, it was nothing.

      • @superkret@feddit.orgEnglish
        1•6 months ago

        A good measurement for human timescales is the age difference between a child and their grandfather (~50 years, basically one generation of oral tradition).
        The mammoths died out 80 grandfathers ago.

        • @stoly@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2•6 months ago

          That’s an interesting unit of measure for sure. I do get what you’re saying–that’s sort of the limit to where some knowledge can reach.