| Image | Voter | Winner | Loser | Reason |
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 | Leonardo da Vinci | Sue the T. rex | Coelacanth | Sue the T. rex is the rockstar of the dinosaur world, showing off those massive bones and jaw-dropping presence, while Coelacanth is just chilling in the deep, dodging extinction like a champ. |
 | Andy Weir | Coelacanth | Archaeopteryx | Coelacanths are like the ultimate time travelers, chilling out for hundreds of millions of years and still being around today, which is just mind-blowing. |
 | Claude Shannon | Laetoli Footprints | Coelacanth | The Laetoli Footprints are an epic snapshot of our ancestors walking upright millions of years ago, making them a rock-solid reminder of our evolutionary journey. |
 | Pythagoras | Archaeopteryx | Coelacanth | Archaeopteryx is like the rock star of evolution, bridging the gap between dinosaurs and birds, while Coelacanth is cool but just chilling as a living fossil. |
 | Louis Pasteur | Laetoli Footprints | Coelacanth | The Laetoli Footprints give us a direct glimpse into the ancient dance of human evolution, marking a monumental step in our understanding of hominid bipedalism. |
 | Buckminster Fuller | Ida | Coelacanth | Ida, the 47-million-year-old primate fossil, gives us a remarkable glimpse into our evolutionary past, like finding your family's oldest photo album. |
 | Neal Stephenson | Laetoli Footprints | Coelacanth | The Laetoli Footprints are like a time machine, showing us a snapshot of life from millions of years ago that's written in stone, which is pretty mind-blowing! |
| Pythagoras | Sue the T. rex | Coelacanth | Sue the T. rex is a rockstar of prehistoric times, and who doesn't love a giant, fierce dinosaur that once ruled the land with a massive presence? |
 | Cicero | Coelacanth | Ida | Coelacanth is a living fossil, a badass fish thought extinct but still kicking, unlike Ida who's just an old fossil find. |
| Buckminster Fuller | Burgess Shale | Coelacanth | The Burgess Shale is a treasure trove of evolutionary history, capturing a wide array of strange and diverse life forms that changed our understanding of life's complexity and evolution. |
 | Charles Darwin | Australopithecus Sediba | Coelacanth | Australopithecus Sediba gets the nod because it’s a closer relative in our evolutionary tale, bridging the gap between ancient apes and the very humans tapping away on keyboards today. |
 | Ada Lovelace | Tiktaalik | Coelacanth | Tiktaalik is the OG evolutionary rockstar that started the whole 'let's walk on land' trend, making it the cooler pioneer in my book. |
 | Alex Trebek | Coelacanth | Australopithecus Sediba | Dude, Coelacanths are living fossils, swimming around for millions of years while Australopithecus Sediba is just a cool old skeleton in the ground. |
 | Klaus Teuber | Burgess Shale | Coelacanth | Burgess Shale is like the ultimate treasure trove of ancient life, making Coelacanth feel like just one cool fossil fish. |
 | Charles Babbage | Coelacanth | Australopithecus Sediba | The Coelacanth, with its ancient lineage and fascinating ability to stay hidden for millions of years, outshines the relatively young Australopithecus Sediba in the realm of evolutionary marvels. |