No, I wasn't stoned. This thought was inspired by the post the other day about how trees evolved independently (e: multiple times) from different plants, the product of convergent evolution.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 59 points 1 year ago (5 children)

As always, there is a relevant xkcd for this: https://xkcd.com/2608/

Grandma says that because of differences in primate and feline lifespans, the cat is actually my 17,000,000th cousin 14,000,000 times removed.

  • source
  • hideshow 5 child comments
  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago

    I was going to say one of them should have been 50 times removed but Randall got me in the alt text:

    Grandma says that because of differences in primate and feline lifespans, the cat is actually my 17,000,000th cousin 14,000,000 times removed.

  • source
  • parent