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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.com.br/users/xkcd/statuses/113943321567764739">XKCD Bot (xkcd@mastodon.com.br)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025 13:13:59 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.com.br/@xkcd" title="xkcd@mastodon.com.br"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/220698-48-20231213224845.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="XKCD Bot" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">XKCD Bot</a></section><article><p>#3046 - Stromatolites</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4510789#notice-8832008">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-02-05T13:13:59+09:00" title="Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025 13:13:59 JST">about 4 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.com.br/@xkcd/113943321567764739" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.com.br via ActivityPub">mastodon.com.br</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.com.br/@xkcd/113943321567764739">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/4083145">In this six-panel stick-figure comic, two characters appear: one wearing a small hat, the other without. In Panel 1, both are shown in silhouette walking across a grassy hill, with no dialogue. In Panel 2, while walking on a gentle slope, the hatted figure says, “I learned something today. I went on one of those family tree sites and kept clicking back, and it turns out I’m related to stromatolites!” In Panel 3, the figure without a hat asks, “The bacterial mats?” and the hatted figure replies, “Yeah! A few billion years back, on my mitochondria’s side.” In Panel 4, the hatted figure explains, “My archaean ancestors absorbed some bacteria that were cousins of stromatolites. That’s how I got mitochondria. Cell nuclei, too.” In Panel 5, the figure without a hat says, “I think there are still living stromatolites. You could get in touch.” and the hatted figure, now sitting down, responds, “Nah, they’re probably busy. I don’t want to bother them.” In Panel 6, both figures lie on the hill in silhouette. The figure without a hat asks, “So what ARE you going to do with this knowledge? Nothing?” and the hatted figure answers, “Lying on a hill in the warm sun is an old family tradition.”Hidden text: "If only my ancestors had been fortunate enough to marry into the branch of the bacteria family that could photosynthesize, like all my little green cousins here."</a></label><br><a href="https://media.mastodon.com.br/media_attachments/files/113/943/321/464/698/587/original/2a41dcafe3c94bd3.png" rel="external">https://media.mastodon.com.br/media_attachments/files/113/943/321/464/698/587/original/2a41dcafe3c94bd3.png</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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#3046 - Stromatolites
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1. In this six-panel stick-figure comic, two characters appear: one wearing a small hat, the other without. In Panel 1, both are shown in silhouette walking across a grassy hill, with no dialogue. In Panel 2, while walking on a gentle slope, the hatted figure says, “I learned something today. I went on one of those family tree sites and kept clicking back, and it turns out I’m related to stromatolites!” In Panel 3, the figure without a hat asks, “The bacterial mats?” and the hatted figure replies, “Yeah! A few billion years back, on my mitochondria’s side.” In Panel 4, the hatted figure explains, “My archaean ancestors absorbed some bacteria that were cousins of stromatolites. That’s how I got mitochondria. Cell nuclei, too.” In Panel 5, the figure without a hat says, “I think there are still living stromatolites. You could get in touch.” and the hatted figure, now sitting down, responds, “Nah, they’re probably busy. I don’t want to bother them.” In Panel 6, both figures lie on the hill in silhouette. The figure without a hat asks, “So what ARE you going to do with this knowledge? Nothing?” and the hatted figure answers, “Lying on a hill in the warm sun is an old family tradition.” Hidden text: "If only my ancestors had been fortunate enough to marry into the branch of the bacteria family that could photosynthesize, like all my little green cousins here."
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