That’s an interesting point. When did someone come up with the idea of hours seconds and minutes? And how did anyone know what the record for the hundred yard dash was before then?
Important questions, Texas Eagle - and questions deserving that a keen, analytical mind like yours investigate them. Please get back to us over time, as your sleuthing undercovers the mystery surrounding them!
Meanwhile, let's let the cosmologists and astrophysicists deal with 4.6-billion-year-old meteorites found in the Sahara.
Regards,