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[โ€“] [email protected] 53 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (16 children)

The line of arthropods that broke off to become Insecta did so in the Devonian Period, roughly 400 million years ago. Centipedes evolved in the fucking Silurian. Comparing these two groups is kinda like comparing raccoons, possums, and platypuses to fish.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 16 hours ago

They are more similar that at least I used to think.

https://youtu.be/bt7nC52GrmM

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