Uploaded February 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Evolution can't slip into reverse and head back to the drawing board when it becomes apparent it's ballsed things up. If someone designed this, I give them 1 star out of 5 and want my money back.
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References:
Wedel M. A Monument of Inefficiency: The Presumed Course of the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve in Sauropod Dinosaurs researchgate.net/publication/268352345_A_Monument_of_Inefficiency_The_Presumed_Course_of_the_Recurrent_Laryngeal_Nerve_in_Sauropod_Dinosaurs
svpow.com/2011/05/23/the-worlds-longest-cells-speculations-on-the-nervous-systems-of-sauropods
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Of course I learnt about the recurrent laryngeal nerve in the dissection room at medical school but I first appreciated its silliness when reading The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins. It's just one of the many examples of how evolution has resulted in quite daft anatomy and physiology.
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Tango de Manzana by Kevin MacLeod. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=usuan1100404
Artist: incompetech.com
Evolution can't slip into reverse and head back to the drawing board when it becomes apparent it's ballsed things up. If someone designed this, I give them 1 star out of 5 and want my money back.
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More Medlife Crisis:
medlifecrisis.co.uk
twitter.com/medcrisis
facebook.com/Medlifecrisis
instagram.com/medcrisis
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References:
Wedel M. A Monument of Inefficiency: The Presumed Course of the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve in Sauropod Dinosaurs researchgate.net/publication/268352345_A_Monument_of_Inefficiency_The_Presumed_Course_of_the_Recurrent_Laryngeal_Nerve_in_Sauropod_Dinosaurs
svpow.com/2011/05/23/the-worlds-longest-cells-speculations-on-the-nervous-systems-of-sauropods
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Of course I learnt about the recurrent laryngeal nerve in the dissection room at medical school but I first appreciated its silliness when reading The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins. It's just one of the many examples of how evolution has resulted in quite daft anatomy and physiology.
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Tango de Manzana by Kevin MacLeod. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=usuan1100404
Artist: incompetech.com
