I really dislike these articles on pop-sci websites. It’s basically just another clickbait news site except it has the word “science” displayed everywhere to gi

I really dislike these articles on pop-sci websites. It’s basically just another clickbait news site except it has the word “science” displayed everywhere to give itself slightly more legitimacy. This artery is just another normal variant. There are tons and tons of normal variants throughout the body including major central arteries (eg aberrant right subclavian, retropharyngeal carotids). The changing prevalence is likely more an artifact of data collecting than anything meaningful, just like most of the articles on these sites that gain any traction.