Well, to be accurate,
they did not actually “discover a 23 million year old rhinoceros”,
but they DID discover a skeleton of a rhinoceros
that died 23 million years age...
I thought this article was about a Mitch McConnell sighting.
Somehow it escapes them to mention that the earths temperature was far warmer than it is today. This rhino was walking around in a climate like Minnesota where its now tundra. Clearly climate changed. And the Earth didn’t even belch. The Earth has been far warmer and far cooler than it is now. Large mammals and plants lived in those temperatures as they live in this temperature. Animals became extinct back then as they do now. And what nobody seems to mention is that new species form every day.
Our planet has an expiration date on it. About 4 billion years from now. Which is both the approximate life of the sun and the life of our galaxy. Between now and then we have to watch out for super volcanos, large meteors and Chinese viruses.
Our only hope is to establish ourselves in another solar system and another galaxy before that happens. As a cubs fan I am used to waiting. It took a hundred years for the Cubs to win. I think we have time on our side. And climate change is not one of my worries.