stevegis_ssg, 1 month ago

Similarly (though more recently), starfish and sea urchins are more closely related to us than either of us are to insects or molluscs.

And more recent still, rodents and rabbits are more closely related to us than either of us are to cats or cows.

stevegis_ssg, 1 month ago

Oh p.s.: in case anyone's curious, the group names:

• Fungi and animals (and anything else descended from their last common ancestor) are "opisthokonts."

• Vertebrates and starfish are "deuterostomes."

• Rodents and primates are "euarchontoglires."