fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 days agoLeaves have evolved at least twice 🤔mander.xyzimagemessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up1506arrow-down17
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minus-squareRQG@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·2 days agoIsn’t evolution a constant process instead of happening in steps?
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·2 days agoI think the question is how often it evolved independently like bird and bat wings evolved independently
minus-squareRQG@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 days agoThat makes a lot more sense then. Thank you, happy to learn something new.
minus-squarepetrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 day agoI forget where I saw this, but trees are kind of like crabs, in that they’ve convergently evolved many, many, many different times. Pretty interesting!
minus-squarevala@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoOhh I also misunderstood the question. The term for what your talking about is “convergent evolution”. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convergent_evolution
Isn’t evolution a constant process instead of happening in steps?
I think the question is how often it evolved independently like bird and bat wings evolved independently
That makes a lot more sense then. Thank you, happy to learn something new.
I forget where I saw this, but trees are kind of like crabs, in that they’ve convergently evolved many, many, many different times. Pretty interesting!
Add flying fish to that.
Also pterosaur wings.
Ohh I also misunderstood the question.
The term for what your talking about is “convergent evolution”.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convergent_evolution