parallel evolution
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Researchers say this points to an example of "parallel evolution," where similar environmental pressures produce similar outcomes independently.
From Science Daily • May 28, 2026
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
