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How Fins Evolved into Hands and Feet
- smb06 10y agoAmazing to think of all the mysteries that CRISPR can help solve. It might be the best thing to have happened to us since the splitting of the atom.
- kurthr 10y agoMaybe you meant to or not, but I assume you're making a finny joke, and it's a pretty dark joke about humans and powerful new technologies.
- geuis 10y agoThis is a much clearer explanation than was given on Science Friday.
- te_platt 10y agoOh... Fins not Finns. The story makes more sense now.
- 2opdude 10y agoThat was also my first thought.
- goldenkey 10y ago"Some people remember where they were when they were told Kennedy had been assassinated, says Neil Shubin." Somewhat of a crass introduction that needn't be there. Poor taste for wit.
- gus_massa 10y agoPerhaps it poor taste, but I think that it's the "official" example of a flashbulb memory in USA. For example: https://source.wustl.edu/2003/11/flashbulb-memories-of-jfk-assassination-may-not-be-so-accurate/ https://source.wustl.edu/2003/11/flashbulb-memories-of-jfk-a...
- PeterWhittaker 10y agoStill an odd choice, not only from the perspective of taste but also from that of practical value. Kennedy died two years before I was born. According to Wikipedia, the median age in the US is about 40 right now. Kennedy's assassination is declining (has declined?) in a significance as a flashbulb event; today, 9/11 would be a better choice - if we define better based solely on demographic relevance and ignore taste.
- taprun 10y agoWhat's really odd is to think that there are some animals (whales) that had fins, evolved them into feet and then evolved them into fins - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_cetaceans#Early_evolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_cetaceans#Early_e...