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General_Effort@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days 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 · 3 days ago
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WHAT?!

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

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    swim bladder

    I beg your pardon

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      Swim bladders evolved from lungs. You wouldn’t think that something that makes the fishies better ocean divers originally evolved to let them breathe air.

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