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[โ€“] RQG@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Isn't evolution a constant process instead of happening in steps?

[โ€“] vala@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Ohh I also misunderstood the question.

The term for what your talking about is "convergent evolution".

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convergent_evolution

[โ€“] lugal@sopuli.xyz 31 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I think the question is how often it evolved independently like bird and bat wings evolved independently

[โ€“] RQG@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That makes a lot more sense then. Thank you, happy to learn something new.

[โ€“] petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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!

[โ€“] Geodad@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Also pterosaur wings.

[โ€“] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 week ago

Add flying fish to that.