convergent evolution
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"As a result, they've become textbook examples of convergent evolution, which can tell us a lot about the processes driving and constraining adaptive change in response to similar environmental cues."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 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
"The convergent evolution of crabs has happened about five times in history, but it's happened within the group of decapods."
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
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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