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What is an evolutionary constraint?

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We've seen that arthropods have some powerful tools for success, and they've succeeded in many ways - in terms of longevity, number of individuals, number of species, and variety. However, arthropods have not "done it all." Vertebrates have regularly shut out arthropods in at least one department: size.

Land-dwelling vertebrates have gotten big - really big, in the case of dinosaurs - but even your typical modern vertebrate - a lizard, for example - is heftier than all but the largest terrestrial arthropodWe've seen that arthropods have some powerful tools for success, and they've succeeded in many ways - in terms of longevity, number of individuals, number of species, and variety. However, arthropods have not "done it all." Vertebrates have regularly shut out arthropods in at least one department: size.

Land-dwelling vertebrates have gotten big - really big, in the case of dinosaurs - but even your typical modern vertebrate - a lizard, for example - is heftier than all but the largest terrestrial arthropods.

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