Bones Began as Mineral Batteries

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Today, bones hold us up. But for ancient jawless fishes, bones may have been a way to store energy for long journeys. Plus, new research indicated that hippos and cetaceans may have evolved their aquatic traits separately. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Silas Emrys, Drew Hart, Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Adam Brainard, Nazara Growing Violet, Ash, Laura Sanborn, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, Katie Marie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: Bone Evolution: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/14/eabb9113 https://jeb.biologists.org/content/215/11/1983 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6146198/ Whales & hippos: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)00301-8 Image Sources: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/human-bone-texture-gm170023814-22513199 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stoc

Published 2021-04-09 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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