Bones… seems like a simple enough topic, right? Well, would you believe me if I told you that scientists can’t even agree on how and why bones evolved in the first place?! And teeth? Don’t even get us started on teeth...
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[Truth or Fail]
Bone Conduction
https://www.kqed.org/science/1926248/how-elephants-listen-with-their-feet
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/03/010312071729.htm
Chew Bones
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/07/giraffes-eat-skeletons-bones-spd/
Glowing Bones
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2018/01/chameleon-bones-florescent-ultraviolet-light-spd/
[Fact Off]
Myotragus goat
https://www.pnas.org/content/106/48/20354
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1325260/
https://phys.org/news/2009-11-extinct-goat-cold-blooded.html
pics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myotragus
Subvocalization remote
https://dam-prod.media.mit.edu/x/2018/03/23/p43-kapur_BRjFwE6.pdf
https://www.sciencealert.com/silent-voice-headset-subvocalisation-computer-interface-mit
[Ask the Science Couch]
Bone evolution:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3237026/
https://austhrutime.com/bone.htm
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC509207/
Aspidin:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6109381/
Teeth:
https://www.nature.com/news/fossil-scans-reveal-origins-of-teeth-1.13964
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24268-fish-fossil-suggests-our-skeleton-evolved-face-first/
[Butt One More Thing]
Lizard Tails:
https://www.futurity.org/salamanders-lizards-tails-regeneration-1838762/