Originally posted by Surtur
13.8 billion was the estimated guess, but this apparently confirmed it.As our technology advances things do change.
My question is why aren't there a bunch of historical accounts of people fighting off dinosaurs then?
LoL. Don't think dinos would make for very good steeds. Truth is, I don't really know the answer for that so not gonna speculate. What I do know is that there is lots of evidence to suggest dinos have alway lived with man. The Ica stones with images of dinos on them, for instance.
The word dinosaur wasn't made up until sometime in the 1800's, I believe. Before that, they were known as "dragons" which I believe is where our dragon legends come from.
Look at the Chinese calendar, for example. Have you ever wondered why the dragon is the only one depicted on it that is supposedly a a mythical creature? Perhaps it's because the ancient Chinese actually knew dragons/dinos were real and they lived among them.
To be clear, I'm not claiming that dinos have ever been able to fly or breathe fire. I think that stuff was added later onto the dragon legend to make them scarier.
As to your first sentence, yes, I'm sure they've "confirmed it" yet again for like the dozenth time lol.