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How come in general evolutionary ancestors of most living species were bigger? Megalodon > sharks Sabre tooth etc > lions, tigers Prehistoric birds > modern birds Mammoths > elephants Ancient crocodiles > modern Moore’s law of evolved design miniaturization?
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Seems like non-animals might be an interesting line of exploration here: high CO2 produced gigantic cycads, but I don’t know that I’ve heard of vegetation larger than Sequoias.
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Huh. Animals have a behavior instruction layer that plant largely lack. Seems like a hardware/software analogy is relevant.
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