Also: Polaris (the north star) is younger than sharks.
(This one is less interesting as an overall observation about timescales though. Polaris is just quite a young star and sharks are quite and old life form).
Polaris as the north star is younger than the Roman Empire!
Because of the precession of the Earth's axis, Polaris didn't become the north star until about 500 AD. To the ancient Egyptians, Thuban was the north star. When humans were first discovering agriculture 12,000 years ago, Vega was the north star.
As the article implies, all the brightest stars in Orion are younger than hominids. Indeed they formed around the time when the last common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees lived.
(This one is less interesting as an overall observation about timescales though. Polaris is just quite a young star and sharks are quite and old life form).