Crabs evolved at least five times from separate groups of crustaceans (2021)
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#3What is Newsweek's deal these days? I keep reading their Wikipedia article to gain some insight into their acquisition, but keep coming away with nothing.
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#4What is Newsweek's deal these days? I keep reading their Wikipedia article to gain some insight into their acquisition, but keep coming away with nothing.
Ha! I read that Wikipedia article last night, for the same reason. I came away with zero clues.
Re: Crabs evolved at least five times from separate groups of crustaceans (2021)
#5A better title would be "Crustaceans Keep Evolving into Crabs, and Scientists Don't Know Why", but that's not as grabby.
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#8To pun this out — such shellfish animals end up so crabby in the end.
Re: Crabs evolved at least five times from separate groups of crustaceans (2021)
#9A better title would be "Crustaceans Keep Evolving into Crabs, and Scientists Don't Know Why", but that's not as grabby.
crabby*
Re: Crabs evolved at least five times from separate groups of crustaceans (2021)
#10> But it still poses the question: What makes the crab shape so successful that species keep trying to emulate it?
That's not how evolution works. Survival of the fittest isn't about aspiration. It's what's left when the fittest are left standing.