parallel evolution

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Camera-type eyes in both vertebrates and invertebrates are classic examples of parallel evolution, arising independently as comparable solutions to similar biological needs.

From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2025

That parallel evolution creates the illusion that the two lineages are closely related.

From New York Times • May 17, 2023

The other scenario, Rutherford explained, is that omicron had a "parallel evolution track" — from infecting animals from a human and then back to humans — that could have caused all of its mutations.

From Salon • Jan. 20, 2022

“This whole case is probably just parallel evolution, like bats and birds,” writes Jim Roberts in his book, “How the Fender Bass Changed the World.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2018

If true, that finding would suggest parallel evolution and multiregional origins of modern humans, rather than origins in a single Garden of Eden.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond