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And how old are the oldest bones?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The youngest at any given time is probably a diatom, I'd think. They just exist in such great numbers, that's all. They're even harvested up and sold as diatomaceous earth.

Oldest bone is a 400 million year old fishbone, apparently. I had to google it.

https://newatlas.com/oldest-bone-aspidin-fish-fossil/55710/

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Edit: next time I'm gonna read the link I link before I link it instead of after. Gimme a minute, tacos just arrived