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minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·6 days agoyes they do, but not as a useful, well defined category in biology.
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·6 days agoit’s a morphological category, not cladistic. Like how “tree” is any plant with a thick robust trunk and branchy crown.
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agonot until i shove my legs into soil
yes they do, but not as a useful, well defined category in biology.
it’s a morphological category, not cladistic.
Like how “tree” is any plant with a thick robust trunk and branchy crown.
You’re a tree!
not until i shove my legs into soil