The oldest octopus fossil, which is 296 million years old, and pre-dates the dinosaurs.
The way things are going, this species will post-date humanity as well.

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@rogward whats fascinating is that octopi are also intelligent problem solvers but 300 million years of evolution have not seemed to advance them beyond where they have been cognitively. Why have humans built a modern technological advanced civilization in a few thousand years and octopi are still living in tide pools after more than 100 million years of evolution?
@CaptMorgan @rogward, Who said we are civilised? We humans did. I can also call myself an octopus, but I'm not