convergent evolution

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the appearance of apparently similar structures in organisms of different lines of descent.

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Origin of convergent evolution

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby convergent evolution

converge, convergence, convergence zone, convergent, convergent boundary, convergent evolution, convergent plate boundary, convergent thinking, converging lens, conversable, conversant

How to use convergent evolution in a sentence

Instead, they seemed to evolve on different timelines for different creatures, what evolutionary biologists call convergent evolution.
When is a tooth a tusk? It’s surprisingly complex.|Margo Milanowski|October 27, 2021|Popular-Science
It has popped up independently in seven variants in what appears to be a case of “convergent evolution.”
New research shows California coronavirus variant is more transmissible|Joel Achenbach, Carolyn Y. Johnson|February 24, 2021|Washington Post
Some public health researchers have noted that this is likely what’s known as convergent evolution, a phenomenon where organisms unrelated to each other evolve similar traits that help them survive.
Facing COVID-19 variants, vaccine makers are weighing how to tweak their designs|Rahul Rao|February 16, 2021|Popular-Science
To scientists, the copycat mutations arising in different continents means the virus is undergoing “convergent evolution.”
We could know soon whether vaccines work against a scary new coronavirus variant|Antonio Regalado|January 23, 2021|MIT Technology Review

Human evolution has left men as deeply wired for emotional connections to children as women are.
How Good Dads Can Change the World|Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
This view is known as “theistic evolution” and is widely embraced by educated evangelicals.
2014: Revenge of the Creationists|Karl W. Giberson|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The moment where they enter the spirit portal symbolizes their evolution from being friends to being a couple.
Yep, Korra and Asami Went in the Spirit Portal and Probably Kissed|Melissa Leon|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The traditional wisdom is “action is character,” and their evolution is one, with a slight edge to character.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The evolution of style is oft studied but rarely understood in any comprehensive manner.
100 Years of Beauty Styles in 1 Minute|Jack Holmes, The Daily Beast Video|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The evolution theory alleges that they were evolved, slowly, by natural processes out of previously existing matter.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
To fix on any one stage in such an evolution, detach it, affirm it, is to wrest a true scripture to its destruction.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
The biological doctrine of evolution was misinterpreted and misapplied to social policy.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
In the flowers, both by day and night, there is a constant absorption of oxygen, and evolution of carbonic acid.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson
That at some period of Man's gradual evolution from the brute, God found Man guilty of some sin, and cursed him.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford

Cultural definitions for convergent evolution

convergent evolution

The development through evolution of similar features by organisms with distinctly different ancestors. A common example of this is the evolution of wings in insects and birds.

convergent evolution

Origin of convergent evolution

Words nearby convergent evolution

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How to use convergent evolution in a sentence

Cultural definitions for convergent evolution