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Rafael Marcondes @rafamarcondes.bsky.social

Obviously homoplasy will be rampant, and i bet no clades clearly recognizable as “delis”, “markets” and “restaurants” will appear

jul 19, 2025, 7:13 pm • 1 0

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Dr Mark D. Scherz @markscherz.bsky.social

This might lend itself better to ecology class comparing community composition and diversity? To me, pasta shapes or pastries are perhaps the ultimate consumable phylogenetics lesson.

jul 19, 2025, 7:15 pm • 3 0 • view
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Rafael Marcondes @rafamarcondes.bsky.social

I mean, all of the above!

jul 19, 2025, 7:17 pm • 1 0 • view
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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social

Chocolate bars were our snack of choice for this exercise

jul 19, 2025, 9:47 pm • 2 0 • view
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Anya Auerbach @aauerbach.bsky.social

We used various candy bars to think through building a dichotomous key, which I also think could be very fun to do with bodegas.

jul 19, 2025, 11:47 pm • 1 0 • view