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Submitted ⁨⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨fossilesque@mander.xyz⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Are we sure dinosaurs didn’t have F15s?

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    • Fedizen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      Yes but only because McDonald Douglas didn’t exist yet. If you do find evidence of them having jet aircraft we might be able to invalidate some patents under prior art.

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      • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

        afaik, patents don’t care about that. You can even patent things that don’t exist.

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  • MutantTailThing@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    How’s he gonna operate the stick with those lil’ arms though?

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    • Tudsamfa@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Same way he’s getting around those back plates and thagomizer:

      Life, uh… finds a way.

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    • Klear@quokk.au ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Their arms were about the same length as human arms. I don’t see any issues with that picture.

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      • Fedizen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

        So you’re saying Its more “where is he gonna put that thicc dino ass”

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  • GandalftheBlack@feddit.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I thought this was about the grass until I actually looked at the dinosaurs in the picture

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    • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Huh, yeah the grass is also inaccurate

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  • mkwt@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    If that’s a Tomcat, where’s that lizard’s RIO?

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  • kibiz0r@midwest.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Chronologically, sure. But are years really the appropriate measure of accuracy here? Biological evolution moves a lot slower than cultural or technological evolution does.

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    • Fedizen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      Hold on. Dinosaurs might of had like some kind of post communist utopian society. They might have been more culturally developed than humans.

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      • kibiz0r@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

        Looking at the state of the world… you might be right.

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  • plyth@feddit.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What made evolution accelerate that dinosaur evolution took so long, but turning little mammals into humans was fast?

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    • Denjin@feddit.uk ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Mass extinctions promote rapid expansion and diversification of surviving species into newly available niches.

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      • betahack@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

        imagine the roach empires that will rise once we do ourselves in

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      • chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        There’s also a Hypothesis iirc that this rapid expansion also lowered our life span. Longevity Bottleneck Hypothesis though I think this one includes dinosaurs hunting mammals, and maybe Disposable Soma Theory.

        Huh, the second one could probably be used to explain elves in fantasy: long life, low reproduction rate.

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    • stormdelay@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      A large meteorite

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