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Bath professor explains why evolution creates imposter crabs (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[–] iopq@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'd rather ask a biologist

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago

TBC, he's a professor of Evolutionary Palaeobiology, so yes, a type of biologist.

As for the people 'hoping' that humans might one day evolve in to the sixth form of crab, he also points out that all five existing crabs developed from Decapods (10-legged arthropods). So humans already have a load of work to do simply getting to that starting line!