Okay so now we are looking at some kind of tree-crab-train as the crown of creation, am I understanding this correctly?
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Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Sharing because I was delighted to learn this: trees are also an example of convergent evolution. I’m personally rooting for us to become trees. Pun intended.
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Lumisal@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Sounds like a creature from All Tomorrows
dondelelcaro@lemmy.world 1 month ago
There’s likely some cases of convergent evolution, but I’m not sure this is settled for all trees.
I’d suspect that at least some trees with close relatives that are shrubs have re-enabled genes that enable the tree phenotype rather that independently evolving the tree phenotype.
But still really cool (and maybe turns on exactly how much evolution your consider needs to happen before it’s convergent evolution.)
peopleproblems@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That seems unfairly obvious, but I certainly didn’t consider it before.