convergent

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“New fossils are showing more and more cases of convergent evolution,” Aureliano says, suggesting that part of what made dinosaurs so successful was this repeated development of key traits.

From Scientific American

But they have genetic changes at many of the same places as the Omicron variant, suggesting a case of convergent evolution.

From Science Magazine

“We see our approach and the EU’s approach to the PRC as complementary and increasingly convergent and aligned,” she said, referring to the People’s Republic of China.

From Reuters

That implies that they had a convergent evolutionary path towards developing intelligence despite having diverged from vertebrates long ago.

From Salon

The move illustrates Orange’s strategy of being able to deliver ‘convergent offers’ in both broadband and mobile to customers in all European countries where it operates and follows a surge in interest in telecoms dealmaking.

From Reuters