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Teeth first evolved as sensory tissue in the armored exoskeletons of ancient fish, fossil scans find (phys.org)
submitted 7 months ago by General_Effort@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world
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WHAT?!

Original paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08944-w

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[-] Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Why do people do this? Not the first time I've seen someone comment the title of the post and nothing else. On Reddit, that would've been a sure sign that it was a GPT bot because that's the kind of thing those bots do occasionally when they slip up.

[-] General_Effort@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

I think it's a reply to my incredulous "what?!"

[-] Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago

Oooh, that actually makes sense lol. Guess I'm just slow.

[-] General_Effort@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Ehh. It took me a while, too, and I wrote it. Seriously though. What kind of sick evolutionary history is that? This is worse than the whole swim bladder thing. At least that doesn't make me uncomfortable.

[-] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

its probably only a matter of time before that scourge arrives in our little internet hovel. most likely already happening.

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