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Teeth first evolved as sensory tissue in the armored exoskeletons of ancient fish, fossil scans find (phys.org)
submitted 3 weeks 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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[-] General_Effort@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

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

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

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

[-] General_Effort@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks 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.

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