[prion]

it might make the village unique

But it almost certainly doesn't.

I understand why they have to stop and re-evaluate everything whenever they make a significant discovery, but I wish they wouldn't be so quick to equate "the oldest thing we've found so far" with "the oldest thing that ever was." The one thing we know for sure is that we don't know much.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

The one thing we know for sure is that we don't know much.

Oh heavens don't tell them that! They might faint.

True though very true.

[Fedora]

I understand why they have to stop and re-evaluate everything whenever they make a significant discovery, but I wish they wouldn't be so quick to equate "the oldest thing we've found so far" with "the oldest thing that ever was." The one thing we know for sure is that we don't know much.

Amen to that.