TIL that in the work, An Instinct for Dragons, an anthropologist argues that the universality of dragons across human societies is due to evolutionary reasons, with common primate predators being merged into a hybrid monster.
TIL that in the work, An Instinct for Dragons, an anthropologist argues that the universality of dragons across human societies is due to evolutionary reasons, with common primate predators being merged into a hybrid monster.
TL;DR- dragons are what happen when you mash together big cats, big snakes, and big birds of prey
Got it - thanks. My sight simply skipped past the “raptors” part.
[Thanks also @randomsnark@lemmy.ml ]