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Teeth first evolved as sensory tissue in the armored exoskeletons of ancient fish, fossil scans find (phys.org)

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WHAT?!

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

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[-] General_Effort@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

It does?

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

It does to me, I read the headline and immediately agreed with it

[-] General_Effort@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Hmm. Something about it feels just wrong to me. I'm fairly sure, though, that it's a gut feeling and nothing logical. Because teeth on the outside? Because sensory organs in teeth? IDK.

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