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minus-squareRQG@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·1 day agoIsn’t evolution a constant process instead of happening in steps?
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·1 day agoI think the question is how often it evolved independently like bird and bat wings evolved independently
minus-squareRQG@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoThat makes a lot more sense then. Thank you, happy to learn something new.
minus-squarepetrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-219 hours agoI forget where I saw this, but trees are kind of like crabs, in that they’ve convergently evolved many, many, many different times. Pretty interesting!
minus-squarevala@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 hours agoOhh I also misunderstood the question. The term for what your talking about is “convergent evolution”. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convergent_evolution
Isn’t evolution a constant process instead of happening in steps?
I think the question is how often it evolved independently like bird and bat wings evolved independently
Add flying fish to that.
That makes a lot more sense then. Thank you, happy to learn something new.
I forget where I saw this, but trees are kind of like crabs, in that they’ve convergently evolved many, many, many different times. Pretty interesting!
Also pterosaur wings.
Ohh I also misunderstood the question.
The term for what your talking about is “convergent evolution”.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convergent_evolution