▲ 104 ▼ TIL about the palaentological concept of an 'Elvis taxon' , where a 'lookalike' species temporarily throws off our understanding of the fossil record (en.wikipedia.org) submitted 1 year ago by 58008@lemmy.world to c/til@lemmy.world 5 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] lath@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (2 children) Mimics are real! permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] scintilla@kbin.earth 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) I don't know if this concept really falls under mimicry. It's more like that time that one bird species:"re-evolved" back into existence. except we weren't there to see it and the bones make us think that we are just missing the fossil record for the in between time frame. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 6 points 1 year ago I might be wrong, but I think they meant a DnD mimic rather than biological mimicry. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MashedHobbits@lemy.lol 6 points 1 year ago And crabs are people. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] scintilla@kbin.earth 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) I don't know if this concept really falls under mimicry. It's more like that time that one bird species:"re-evolved" back into existence. except we weren't there to see it and the bones make us think that we are just missing the fossil record for the in between time frame. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 6 points 1 year ago I might be wrong, but I think they meant a DnD mimic rather than biological mimicry. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 6 points 1 year ago I might be wrong, but I think they meant a DnD mimic rather than biological mimicry. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MashedHobbits@lemy.lol 6 points 1 year ago And crabs are people. permalink fedilink source parent