lowleveldata@programming.dev
on 27 Aug 2024 11:15
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How bad ass was the first random thing decided to fly?
fossilesque@mander.xyz
on 27 Aug 2024 11:17
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“Fuck this, I’m oooooouutttt!”
averyminya@beehaw.org
on 28 Aug 2024 06:08
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Bacteria: “psh I’ve been doing that since the Precambrian era”
hsdkfr734r@feddit.nl
on 27 Aug 2024 11:28
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Wiggle your big toe… fin.
Kyrgizion@lemmy.world
on 27 Aug 2024 12:53
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I’ll never stop blaming that goddamn fish for all my problems. Fucker could’ve just stayed in the water ffs.
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
on 27 Aug 2024 13:15
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It’s been ages since I’ve done any serious science schooling so I’m hoping some random Internet people can help me out.
When evolution like this occurs, it’s typically not one fish right? The idea is that several fish develop a trait that is beneficial that leads them away from water (or whatever), which they thrive in, causing them to reproduce with those same traits.
At what point do scientists say that enough change has occurred that they are a new species?
Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca
on 27 Aug 2024 22:59
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What separates species? Oh boy, do I not have an answer for you! We usually don’t have enough fossils to ask that question, and now that we’re cataloging so many fossils it’s starting to bring up questions like this.
We clearly have two gropus of T.rex skeletons, gracile and robust. Are they different sexes or different species? How about proposed Spinosaurus species, are those just interspecies variation? What about homonin fossils? We can’t even agree on the genus, let alone the species.
Well forget fossils, what about living species? Plants have shown an amazing ability to hybridize between very distinct groups, and animals can form ring species where two populations can’t interbreed, but can share genes through a string of other populations! How do you classify that‽
Great yt video on the concept of species if you have 15 minutes.
samus12345@lemmy.world
on 27 Aug 2024 15:58
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How bad ass was the first random thing decided to fly?
“Fuck this, I’m oooooouutttt!”
Bacteria: “psh I’ve been doing that since the Precambrian era”
Wiggle your big toe… fin.
I’ll never stop blaming that goddamn fish for all my problems. Fucker could’ve just stayed in the water ffs.
It’s been ages since I’ve done any serious science schooling so I’m hoping some random Internet people can help me out.
When evolution like this occurs, it’s typically not one fish right? The idea is that several fish develop a trait that is beneficial that leads them away from water (or whatever), which they thrive in, causing them to reproduce with those same traits.
At what point do scientists say that enough change has occurred that they are a new species?
What separates species? Oh boy, do I not have an answer for you! We usually don’t have enough fossils to ask that question, and now that we’re cataloging so many fossils it’s starting to bring up questions like this.
We clearly have two gropus of T.rex skeletons, gracile and robust. Are they different sexes or different species? How about proposed Spinosaurus species, are those just interspecies variation? What about homonin fossils? We can’t even agree on the genus, let alone the species.
Well forget fossils, what about living species? Plants have shown an amazing ability to hybridize between very distinct groups, and animals can form ring species where two populations can’t interbreed, but can share genes through a string of other populations! How do you classify that‽
Great yt video on the concept of species if you have 15 minutes.
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