alt Hacker News> animals are related to mushrooms
???
Apparently in very early evolution animals and fungi shared a common ancestor. That's a pretty far cry from "related to" as its generally used.
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mc32 • today at 2:07 PM
It’s “alive” therefore it must have an early common ancestor and thus related… people like stretching definitions.
At some point when aliens are confirmed and if they were carbon based you might have people say earth species and alien species are “related”.
Slightly related as mushrooms are closer to animal than to plants, as anyone in a grocery store would guess.