convergent evolution
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It’s an example of convergent evolution, when completely unrelated species independently evolve comparable traits in response to similar environmental pressures.
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2026
This process of carcinisation is a form of convergent evolution.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2025
Dolphins and bats both utilizing echolocation or birds and bugs both having wings are other examples of convergent evolution.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2024
The similarities, they discovered, are an example of convergent evolution, the independent evolution of similar traits in different species.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2024
There may be some convergent evolution because there may be only one best solution to a certain environmental problem— something like two eyes, for example, for binocular vision at optical frequencies.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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