@fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • 1 month agoLeaves have evolved at least twice 🤔mander.xyzimagemessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1533arrow-down17
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minus-squareRQGlinkfedilinkEnglish15•1 month agoIsn’t evolution a constant process instead of happening in steps?
minus-square@lugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish31•1 month agoI think the question is how often it evolved independently like bird and bat wings evolved independently
minus-squareRQGlinkfedilinkEnglish11•1 month agoThat makes a lot more sense then. Thank you, happy to learn something new.
minus-square@petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish6•edit-21 month 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-square@vala@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month 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!
Also pterosaur wings.
Add flying fish to that.
Ohh I also misunderstood the question.
The term for what your talking about is “convergent evolution”.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convergent_evolution