Dasus@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 months agoNails are just vestigial claws.message-squaremessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down15
arrow-up137arrow-down1message-squareNails are just vestigial claws.Dasus@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squarelatenightnoir@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-24 months 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-up5·4 months agoThere’s still debate over how exactly teeth originated.
minus-squareSandmanXC@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·edit-24 months agoSorry but it’s pretty well established that teeth developed because our skeletons wanted some air.
minus-squarelatenightnoir@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoOh, thank you! Didn’t know about this!
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months 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.