The deep ocean photographer that captured a 'living fossil'

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240507-the-deep-ocean-photographer-that-captured-a-living-fossil

by Brajeshwar • 2 years ago

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febeling• 2 years ago

The sensational capture of a coelacanth was really very recent, only since 1938 we know they still live!

Did you know all birds are living dinosaurs?

mc32• 2 years ago

Did you know all humans are living Kenyapithecuses?

Swizec• 2 years ago

all birds dinosaurs
Did you know all humans are living Kenyapithecuses?

You’re making a cheeky joke but that’s not quite how it works. The kenyapithecus is a common ancestor of all great apes in the hominid family. But it is a species. We are not all classified as kenyapithecus because that’s not how species work.

Dinosaurs are a clade. All birds are classified as theropod dinosaurs (also a clade). They are of class aves, which then includes all bird species.

So while all birds are dinosaurs, not all dinosaurs are birds. Meanwhile humans descend from the kenyapithecus but are not kenyapithecus.

You can see the classification on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenyapithecus

lizhang• 2 years ago

Think positive! Be a coela-CAN!

The deep ocean photographer that captured a 'living fossil'

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