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Teeth first evolved as sensory tissue in the armored exoskeletons of ancient fish, fossil scans find (phys.org)

submitted 3 days ago by General_Effort@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world

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WHAT?!

Original paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08944-w

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[–] Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Oooh, that actually makes sense lol. Guess I'm just slow.

[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Ehh. It took me a while, too, and I wrote it. Seriously though. What kind of sick evolutionary history is that? This is worse than the whole swim bladder thing. At least that doesn't make me uncomfortable.

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

swim bladder

I beg your pardon

[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Swim bladders evolved from lungs. You wouldn't think that something that makes the fishies better ocean divers originally evolved to let them breathe air.