vegeta@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago'Closer than people think': Woolly mammoth 'de-extinction' is nearing reality — and we have no idea what happens nextwww.livescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1311arrow-down19cross-posted to: science@lemmy.ml
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minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoMeasured in human life it’s long ago. measured at universal scales, it was nothing.
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoA 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.
minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThat’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.
Measured in human life it’s long ago. measured at universal scales, it was nothing.
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.
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.