Similar organisms that are not related are an example of:
A. Natural selection
B. Convergent evolution
C. Divergent evolution
D. Common ancestor
Answer (2)
The best answer here is " B. Convergent evolution". This describes the process whereby evolutionary pressures of the local environment in two unconnected areas converge to produce organisms that are similar. This may be because they have developed solutions to sourcing their nutrition from the same type of place eg ants in a nest preyed upon by mammals with specially adapted long tongues.
The correct answer is B. Convergent evolution, which describes how unrelated species evolve similar traits due to similar environmental pressures. This phenomenon is evident in examples such as the wings of bats and birds, which serve the same function but evolved independently. It highlights how adaptation can lead to similar features in distinct evolutionary lines.
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