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[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 21 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

And it does that for both humans... And giraffes. Going from the brain, several meters down to the heart, then all the way back up to the larynx.

[-] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Isn't that just a way to average latency to match up with the other limbs? Nerve connections aren't instantaneous like electrical wires or fiber optics.

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 31 points 11 months ago

Your larynx isn't really a limb... But nah, its an evolutionary artefact. In primordial fish it's a straight line, but then the head moves, a neck forms, etc etc. and the nerve can't detach and move over, so it gets longer wnd weirder.

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