But they feel so confident when they talk about what happened 35,000,000 years ago.
Funny, I've never had a problem predicting the past. Why do you struggle so much aragorn2007? No photos or newspaper clippings? But I bet you just know what happened 2000 odd years ago. Not that you were there, not that you can be sure anybody was there. But you just know don't you? Those crazy scientists should be more modest in your presence. Lucky for them you're humble.
"For the first half of geological time our ancestors were bacteria. Most creatures still are bacteria, and each one of our trillions of cells is a colony of bacteria."