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submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Well, I'm just a product of my environment.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

Heh, branch

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

I thought crab-like animals were all actually pretty closely related to each other, i.e. all crab-like animals are arthropods, which is a less broad category (despite the incredibly huge amount of species in it) than 'all plants that can form a wooden trunk'. Any taxonomists here to confirm/deny?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Or maybe the microorganisms and food sources that life forms are exposed to have more of an effect on how the macroorganisms evolve than is currently talked about, which would explain why so many things in similar environments evolve similar traits.

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