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Re:Ear muscle we thought humans didn't use activates when pe... by Noumenon72 on Friday January 31, 2025 @09:55AM (#42888278)
Informative X thread on how the recurrent laryngeal nerve path is dictated by having to develop embryos through chemotaxis: https://x.com/culpable_mink/status/1850937701518000383

He mentions that even if you're a giraffe, you have nerves just as long running to the end of your spine, and from your spint to the bottoms of your feet, so the extra length of nerve isn't really a problem.

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Re:Ear muscle we thought humans didn't use activates when pe... by a_c on Friday January 31, 2025 @10:18AM (#42888505)
There is a pathway for every possible configuration. It doesn’t dictate whether a configuration is optimal. Maybe the laryngeal nerve isn’t that bad. But that doesn’t guarantee all anatomy and physiology optimal
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