Dasus@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 years agoNails are just vestigial claws.message-squaremessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up145
arrow-up145message-squareNails are just vestigial claws.Dasus@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square23linkfedilink
minus-squarelatenightnoir@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-22 years 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-up5·2 years agoThere’s still debate over how exactly teeth originated.
minus-squareSandmanXC@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 years agoSorry but it’s pretty well established that teeth developed because our skeletons wanted some air.
minus-squareRamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoJust be careful to not let the rest of those bones out. They try at night because they don’t like to be wet constantly.
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoTeeth aren’t actually bone, technically, afaik.
minus-squarelatenightnoir@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoOh, thank you! Didn’t know about this!
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years 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.
Just be careful to not let the rest of those bones out. They try at night because they don’t like to be wet constantly.
Teeth aren’t actually bone, technically, afaik.
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.
Where’d you get my selfie from?