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General_Effort@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago

Teeth first evolved as sensory tissue in the armored exoskeletons of ancient fish, fossil scans find

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Teeth first evolved as sensory tissue in the armored exoskeletons of ancient fish, fossil scans find

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General_Effort@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago
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WHAT?!

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

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  • i_love_FFT@jlai.lu
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    16 hours ago

    That explains narwhals 🦄

  • go $fsck yourself@lemmy.world
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    I wonder if this was how sharks got their skin teeth

  • Valmond@lemmy.world
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    So that’s why they are so freaking sensitive!

  • systemglitch@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    Makes logical sense, I like it!

    • General_Effort@lemmy.worldOP
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      15 hours ago

      It does?

      • Mothra@mander.xyz
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        It does to me, I read the headline and immediately agreed with it

        • General_Effort@lemmy.worldOP
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          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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    New teeth horror just dropped.

  • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
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    Stuff evolves from the most unexpected stuff

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

    • Ben Hur Horse Race@lemm.ee
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      thats right

      • Secret Music@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        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.worldOP
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          I think it’s a reply to my incredulous “what?!”

          • Secret Music@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            Oooh, that actually makes sense lol. Guess I’m just slow.

            • General_Effort@lemmy.worldOP
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              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.

        • Ben Hur Horse Race@lemm.ee
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          its probably only a matter of time before that scourge arrives in our little internet hovel. most likely already happening.

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        What?

        • Klear@sh.itjust.works
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          16 hours ago

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

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