Interesting evolution facts

[Laza cds mma]

Hippos closest living relatives are whales.

Humans are closers to chimps than chimps are to other apes and monkeys.

Wasps are much closer to ants than to bees.

Lungfish is closer to humans than a lungfish is to a catfish ( and other fish ).

Birds are dinosaurs , so not all dinosaurs are extinct.

If anyone can think of any other interesting facts write them down , i will when i remember some.

 

[Elvis.]

 

[Laza cds mma]

Amazing.

 

[moreorless87]

Seems a lot of peoples view of evolution goes from Amphibians to Reptiles to Dinosaurs with the Mammal branch appearing much latter. The reality is you had a period around 300-250 million years ago when it was actually proto Mammals which were the dominant land animals, only the end Permian and Triassic mass extinctions allowed the Dinosaurs to take their place.

 

[Fuzzybabyducks]

These seem made up.

Reindeer like to eat bananas

 

[Laza cds mma]

Seems a lot of peoples view of evolution goes from Amphibians to Reptiles to Dinosaurs the the Mammal branch appearing much latter. The reality is you had a period around 300-250 million years ago when it was actually proto mamals which were the dominant land animals, only the end Permian and Triassic mass extinctions allowed the Dinosaurs to take their place.

Very interesting , i am mostly interested in the Pleistocene period because it's exciting how our species lived during that time but yes , many people don't know basic facts about the history of life This is a very interesting one.

 

[Prefect]

One I always find funny is biologist answer to which came first, the chicken or the egg. A biologist response is that there was an animal similar to a chicken that laid eggs that mutated or evolved into a chicken. The chicken had to exist before a chicken egg could exists.

 

[Osculater]

Seems a lot of peoples view of evolution goes from Amphibians to Reptiles to Dinosaurs the the Mammal branch appearing much latter. The reality is you had a period around 300-250 million years ago when it was actually proto Mammals which were the dominant land animals, only the end Permian and Triassic mass extinctions allowed the Dinosaurs to take their place.

They turned into mice like dinosaurs turned into chickens

 

[TCE]

Very interesting , i am mostly interested in the Pleistocene period because it's exciting how our species lived during that time but yes , many people don't know basic facts about the history of life This is a very interesting one.

Great thread idea.

You will absolute love Life on Our Planet on Netflix narrated by Morgan Freeman.

It goes through evolution, all the mass extinction events, every timeline on earth. It's a must watch, it's amazing.

 

[Osculater]

All life originated in the ocean

 

[Laza cds mma]

One I always find funny is biologist answer to which came first, the chicken or the egg. A biologist response is that there was an animal similar to a chicken that laid eggs that mutated or evolved into a chicken. The chicken had to exist before a chicken egg could exists.

Eggs existed long before chickens , so eggs came before chickens.

 

[Osculater]

One I always find funny is biologist answer to which came first, the chicken or the egg. A biologist response is that there was an animal similar to a chicken that laid eggs that mutated or evolved into a chicken. The chicken had to exist before a chicken egg could exists.

The egg came first

 

[RoastBeast]

The human head weighs 8 pounds.

 

[Osculater]

Eggs existed long before chickens , so eggs came before chickens.

The egg came first

 

[jimbob27]

Megalodon went extinct only 3.6 million years ago which means there was almost a million years of crossover with our monkee ancestors, australopithecus.

Remains of the sharks have been found on the east African coast, where our ancestors were, so it's highly possible they came into contact at some point. Something vaguely resembling a man, seeing one of the most terrifying creatures that ever existed.

 

[chill doggie]

In Mozambique's Gorongosa a prolonged civil war (1977-1992) led to intense poaching, particularly targeting elephants for their ivory.
Before the war, tuskless elephants were rare, but by 2019, approximately one-third of female elephants were tuskless in areas where the population had been heavily poached.

The rapid increase in tusklessness among elephants is noteworthy because it occurred over just a few decades. This contrasts with traditional views of evolution, which often consider change occurring over much longer timescales.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abe7389

 

[Laza cds mma]

Megalodon went extinct only 3.6 million years ago which means there was almost a million years of crossover with our monkee ancestors, Australopithecus.

Remains of the sharks have been found on the east African coast, where our ancestors were, so it's highly possible they came into contact at some point. Something vaguely resembling a man, seeing one of the most terrifying creatures that ever existed.

Amazing to think about , Australopithecus had a relatively small brain but if they learned how to venture into the sea ( which is unlikely ) than Megalodon would be a real problem.

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[jimbob27]

Amazing to think about , Australopithecus had a relatively small brain but if they learned how to venture into the sea ( which is unlikely ) than Megalodon would be a real problem.

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Plenty of primates exploit coastal shellfish resources, and the sharks also favored shallow waters, so I think there's definitely a high chance they would have at least seen dead ones washed up every now and again, which would have probably been enough to keep them out of the water!

 

[Goon Dog]

The egg came first, from whatever a chicken evolved from. The first chicken developed from the embryo inside that other creature's egg, then eventually laid the first chicken egg. Fuck, this makes my brain hurt.

 

[Pliny Pete]

I didnt realize pitbulls had been around that long