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Read the rest here and, if you’re interested, read all about how evolution seems to keep creating and then re-creating crabs (aka carcinization). (additional reading and even more words for your eyes)
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Read the rest here and, if you’re interested, read all about how evolution seems to keep creating and then re-creating crabs (aka carcinization). (additional reading and even more words for your eyes)
Why the Carcinization Phenomenon Keeps Turning Animals Into Crabs
Introduction: Nature’s Love for Crabs Have you ever noticed how nature seems to have a favorite shape? Meet the crab—a design so popular in evolution that it keeps showing up over and over. Scientists call this fascinating trend the “carcinization phenomenon.” It’s a prime example of convergent evolution, in which unrelated animals evolve to look alike because they face similar challenges in…
Evolution Keeps Making And Unmaking Crabs, And Nobody Knows Why
Our planet's convoluted history of evolving life has spawned countless weird and wonderful creatures, but none excite evolutionary biologist
if you lose crabbiness to evolution, it's called decarcinization... Cool 🙂