convergent
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The rounded teeth associated with zhelestids, which resemble those found in many plant-eating mammals, were probably an example of convergent evolution.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
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
Though its teeth were different, the ancient walrus evolved separately from O. rosmarus, an example of convergent evolution or when similar traits arise spontaneously in different animals.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2024
They are—after all this time, from Zundert to now, through all their ups and downs, their divergent and convergent paths—bound together, brothers, friends.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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