The evidence of this process is called homoplasy, and Stephen Jay Gould argued that many common examples of it are actually the result of parallelism.
The evidence of this process is called homoplasy, and Stephen Jay Gould argued that many common examples of it are actually the result of parallelism. The spurges of Africa and cacti of North America are best explained by this concept, which also accounts for the distant ancestry of birds of prey like owls and eagles. The camera-like eye of cephalopods and vertebrates is an example of this concept, as are the mice, moles, anteaters, and wolves found among both placental and marsupial mammals. Explaining the close body shapes of sharks, dolphins, and icthyosaurs [IHK-thee-oh-"sores"], name this mode of evolution in which unrelated species show similar adaptations due to similar environments and ecological niches.
The evidence of this process is called homoplasy, and Stephen Jay Gould argued that many common examples of it are actually the result of parallelism.
convergent evolution [accept convergence; prompt on evolution; accept word forms and variations that include (forms of) both words]