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Marine worms made at least some trace fossil burrows called Bifungites

41 points by Petiver 2y ago

johncessna 2y ago
https://archive.ph/Zov3M https://archive.ph/Zov3M
dang 2y ago
[stub for offtopicness]
- nemomarx 2y ago
  One of those headline rules got this one - it's supposed to say These fossils. Maybe edit to be more specific? Dumbbell shaped?
  - AlbertCory 2y ago
    Yes. I thought this was going to be more "creationism" stuff (God made the fossils to test our faith /s)
  - sedatk 2y ago
    [flagged]
  - mrbluecoat 2y ago
    Perhaps "Phallic Fossils Found" would have generated even more clicks?
  - jumploops 2y ago
    Apparently the fossils are bifungites, created by an unidentified marine worm species. The new findings suggest these worms belong to a group called Annulitubus.
  - dredmorbius 2y ago
    Email improvements/suggestions to the mods at hn@ycombinator.com. I've done so in this case suggesting the subhead, slightly edited, as "Marine worms made at least some trace fossil burrows called Bifungites" (71 characters). Contrary to popular belief, HN does permit title substitution, though it strongly prefers text from an alternate title or article text. See dang's guidance, e.g.: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39508321 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39508321> <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14833599 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14833599>
  - tensor 2y ago
    I thought the rule here was to match the article headline, which is "These fossils..".
  - deleted 2y ago
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- webwielder2 2y ago
  (1858)
  - dredmorbius 2y ago
    The article is dated 2024. Why do you suggest an earlier year?
    - astrange 2y ago
      That is a joke I believe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Origin_of_Species https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Origin_of_Species I would've gone with 1987 though. https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/09/us/new-evidence-in-demise-of-dinosaur.html https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/09/us/new-evidence-in-demise...
      - dredmorbius 2y ago
        I guess I missed that. Year-editing is A Thing, and misleading comments ... confuse that.
  - deleted 2y ago
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- anewguy9000 2y ago
  worms

41 points by Petiver 2y ago

johncessna 2y ago

https://archive.ph/Zov3M https://archive.ph/Zov3M

dang 2y ago

[stub for offtopicness]

nemomarx 2y ago
One of those headline rules got this one - it's supposed to say These fossils. Maybe edit to be more specific? Dumbbell shaped?
- AlbertCory 2y ago
  Yes. I thought this was going to be more "creationism" stuff (God made the fossils to test our faith /s)
- sedatk 2y ago
  [flagged]
- mrbluecoat 2y ago
  Perhaps "Phallic Fossils Found" would have generated even more clicks?
- jumploops 2y ago
  Apparently the fossils are bifungites, created by an unidentified marine worm species. The new findings suggest these worms belong to a group called Annulitubus.
- dredmorbius 2y ago
  Email improvements/suggestions to the mods at hn@ycombinator.com. I've done so in this case suggesting the subhead, slightly edited, as "Marine worms made at least some trace fossil burrows called Bifungites" (71 characters). Contrary to popular belief, HN does permit title substitution, though it strongly prefers text from an alternate title or article text. See dang's guidance, e.g.: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39508321 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39508321> <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14833599 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14833599>
- tensor 2y ago
  I thought the rule here was to match the article headline, which is "These fossils..".
- deleted 2y ago
  [deleted]
webwielder2 2y ago
(1858)
- dredmorbius 2y ago
  The article is dated 2024. Why do you suggest an earlier year?
  - astrange 2y ago
    That is a joke I believe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Origin_of_Species https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Origin_of_Species I would've gone with 1987 though. https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/09/us/new-evidence-in-demise-of-dinosaur.html https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/09/us/new-evidence-in-demise...
    - dredmorbius 2y ago
      I guess I missed that. Year-editing is A Thing, and misleading comments ... confuse that.
- deleted 2y ago
  [deleted]
anewguy9000 2y ago
worms