As we move forward, we are bound to leave certain things behind. Most of the time, this change is positive, but sometimes it can be negative as well, it depends on who’s perspective you are viewing the world. Our planet has probably changed more over the last half century than it has ever changed during the entire existence of humanity. This list tries to examine that change by looking at some of the things we will never see again.
5. Last Giant Gold Nugget
5. Last Giant Gold Nugget
Remember all the stories of people getting excited about the gold rush? This is because you used to actually find large nuggets of gold at one point. This has died down largely because of commercial gold mining. The last giant chunk of gold was found in the Sierra Nevadas and it weighed over 9 pounds.
4. Last WWI Survivor
4. Last WWI Survivor
It is sometimes easy to forget that the world waged two massive wars in the last century, and these wars claimed countless lives. Frank Woodruff was one of 4.7 million Americans who served in the first World War, and he was also the last remaining survivor.
3. Last Geochelone Abingdoni Tortoise
3. Last Geochelone Abingdoni Tortoise
The entire weight of the Geochelone Abingdoni Tortoise race rests on the shoulders of ‘Lonesome George’, a hundred year old tortoise who is the last of his kind. Scientists around the world are desperately trying to fertilize some of the eggs they have stored away using George, but if it doesn’t happen soon, he will the last of his kind.
2. Last Man On The Moon
2. Last Man On The Moon
There have been six missions to the moon so far. We all know the name of the first person on the moon, but the last person to ever set foot on the moon was Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt.
1. Last Matriarchal Society
1. Last Matriarchal Society
We lived in a time where many civilizations believed that a matriarchal society made more sense than a patriarchal one. For some reason, this logic managed to completely disappear over a period of time and the last known matriarchal society was the Mosuo Tribe from China. This tribe didn’t even have a word for husband or father in their language.
