| ▲ | ginko 6 hours 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. | ||||||||
| ▲ | rasse 4 hours ago | parent [-] | |||||||
Came 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. | ||||||||
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