• ℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃
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      3 months ago

      Earth warms up from ice age. Big sloth too fuzzy. Loses fuzz and tries to climb tree. Big sloth too big. Small big sloth gets smaller, climbs tree.

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        Lol I know this is a joke but they died out, tree sloths existed back then too and are a totally separate group of animals. They didn’t evolve from the animals that dug this tunnel. They do share a common ancestor millions of years ago but this is like saying saber tooth cats evolved into house cats.

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          but this is like saying saber tooth cats evolved into house cats.

          I’m pretty sure my house cat believes this is true, evidence to the contrary be damned.

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          but we all came from the same common ancestor which was the naked nucleic acid/peptide chain

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      Miniaturisation and the march of progress

      How do you think we got tardigrades