• kibiz0r@midwest.social
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    4 hours ago

    Chronologically, sure. But are years really the appropriate measure of accuracy here? Biological evolution moves a lot slower than cultural or technological evolution does.

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      9 hours ago

      Same way he’s getting around those back plates and thagomizer:

      Life, uh… finds a way.

    • Klear@quokk.au
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      5 hours ago

      Their arms were about the same length as human arms. I don’t see any issues with that picture.

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    6 hours ago

    What made evolution accelerate so that dinosaur evolution took so long, but turning little mammals into humans was fast?

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      Mass extinctions promote rapid expansion and diversification of surviving species into newly available niches.

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        4 hours ago

        There’s also a Hypothesis iirc that this rapid expansion also lowered our life span. Longevity Bottleneck Hypothesis though I think this one includes dinosaurs hunting mammals, and maybe Disposable Soma Theory.

        Huh, the second one could probably be used to explain elves in fantasy: long life, low reproduction rate.