Comment by ginko
1 day ago
Not humans specifically but one of my favorite quirks of vertebrate evolution is the recurrent laryngeal nerve that loops around the aorta and goes back up to the larynx[1].
In giraffes that nerve is several meters long.
1 day ago
Not humans specifically but one of my favorite quirks of vertebrate evolution is the recurrent laryngeal nerve that loops around the aorta and goes back up to the larynx[1].
In giraffes that nerve is several meters long.
Came here to say just this.
Another interesting one is the auricular tubercle[1], where the genetic trait of a "pointy" ear found in other mammals reappears in some humans.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin%27s_tubercle
Cool, maybe we could make CRISPR elves?