Sharks are roughly 450 million years old — older than trees, older than forests, older than the first broad leaves. When they first appeared, life on land was still mostly low, simple mats of early plants, and nothing had yet learned how to grow into a forest.

1.0Australia News Beep | NewsBeep.comhttps://www.newsbeep.com/auNEWSBEEPhttps://www.newsbeep.com/au/author/newsbeep/Sharks are roughly 450 million years old — older than trees, older than forests, older than the first broad leaves. When they first appeared, life on land was still mostly low, simple mats of early plants, and nothing had yet learned how to grow into a forest.rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="SHCc3mtzK7"><a href="https://www.newsbeep.com/au/770010/">Sharks are roughly 450 million years old — older than trees, older than forests, older than the first broad leaves. When they first appeared, life on land was still mostly low, simple mats of early plants, and nothing had yet learned how to grow into a forest.</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.newsbeep.com/au/770010/embed/#?secret=SHCc3mtzK7" width="600" height="338" title="“Sharks are roughly 450 million years old — older than trees, older than forests, older than the first broad leaves. When they first appeared, life on land was still mostly low, simple mats of early plants, and nothing had yet learned how to grow into a forest.” — Australia News Beep | NewsBeep.com" data-secret="SHCc3mtzK7" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.newsbeep.com/au/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.newsbeep.com/au/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/spacedaily_sharks_older_than_forests_pexels-768x512.jpg600400