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I just realized how incredible it is that we don't have toes growing out of our ears. (lemmy.world)
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AFAIK it all boils down to the fact that during embryonal development our cells, which at that point were just a blob of undifferentiated autonomous chemical machines, somehow managed to unanimously agree upon the cardinal directions (up-down, left-right, front-back) for future development - and thanks to this, we don't have toes growing out of our ears.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You know that we've gestated various animals in weightless conditions on the ISS, yes? They look normal.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

We have? Do you have a source for that? That would be amazing. :)