Dasus@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agoNails are just vestigial claws.message-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down15
arrow-up139arrow-down1message-squareNails are just vestigial claws.Dasus@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squarelatenightnoir@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-21 year agoAnd teeth may have* developed from scales (no joke!) ;) Edit: added * as a result of the information below (thank you, again!)
minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoThere’s still debate over how exactly teeth originated.
minus-squareSandmanXC@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up16·edit-21 year agoSorry but it’s pretty well established that teeth developed because our skeletons wanted some air.
minus-squarelatenightnoir@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoOh, thank you! Didn’t know about this!
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoMy ancestor must have suffered from some sort of scale baldness, as I congenitally lack 4 permanent teeth. We don’t suffer from actual baldness though, luckily.
And teeth may have* developed from scales (no joke!) ;)
Edit: added * as a result of the information below (thank you, again!)
There’s still debate over how exactly teeth originated.
Sorry but it’s pretty well established that teeth developed because our skeletons wanted some air.
Oh, thank you! Didn’t know about this!
Me neither.
Nice.
My ancestor must have suffered from some sort of scale baldness, as I congenitally lack 4 permanent teeth. We don’t suffer from actual baldness though, luckily.