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Re:Modern Crocodiles Are Evolving at a Rapid Rate by 542354234235 on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @07:14AM (#28838345)
It seems like the issue is your lack of understanding of evolution, not the article’s choice of title. Evolution doesn’t work like in The X-Men.

>“Modern Crocodiles Are Evolving at a Rapid Rate: Despite their reputation as ‘living fossils,’ crocodiles have changed dramatically in the last two million years”

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Re:Modern Crocodiles Are Evolving at a Rapid Rate by C19is20 on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @09:06AM (#28839151)
So, "Modern", is how long?
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Re:Modern Crocodiles Are Evolving at a Rapid Rate by skissane on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @10:19AM (#28839993)
Is “modern” a technical term in biology/palaeontology, or is it just meant in the ordinary sense? Asking because I don’t actually know. In history, “modern” is a technical term - it refers to the period beginning in 1500 (approximately) - which is a bit different from the everyday meaning, the average person would probably not call the 1500s “modern”.
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Re:Modern Crocodiles Are Evolving at a Rapid Rate by SideburnsOfDoom on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @10:05AM (#28839796)
It depends. Half a second is a long time for code to respond to an API request. Half a million years is a short time to a geologist.
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