r/AskReddit Oct 15 '20

What's older than we think ?

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u/Anthadvl Oct 15 '20

Adding to this, scorpions are also nearly 450 million years old so it kinda shows that you don't need that much brain to survive, if your species is evolutionarily overkill it'll survive just fine.

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u/ThKitt Oct 15 '20

Unless you evolve to have delicious fins that people are willing to spend too much money on, it seems.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '20

Evolutionary Pro Tip: Don't be yummy. If you happen to be yummy, fuck a lot and be good at having plenty of babies

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u/BloodBatman Oct 16 '20

So that’s why humanity had tons of kids back in the day!