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Not humans specifically but one of my favorite quirks of vertebrate evolution is the recurrent laryngeal nerve that loops around the aorta and goes back up to t
by ginko 6mo ago
Not humans specifically but one of my favorite quirks of vertebrate evolution is the recurrent laryngeal nerve that loops around the aorta and goes back up to the larynx[1].
In giraffes that nerve is several meters long.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recurrent_laryngeal_nerve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recurrent_laryngeal_nerve
- rasse 6mo agoCame here to say just this. Another interesting one is the auricular tubercle[1], where the genetic trait of a "pointy" ear found in other mammals reappears in some humans. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin%27s_tubercle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin%27s_tubercle
- krzat 6mo agoCool, maybe we could make CRISPR elves?
- tempaccountabcd 6mo ago[dead]