fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agoLeaves have evolved at least twice 🤔mander.xyzimagemessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1532arrow-down17
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minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·1 month agoI think the question is how often it evolved independently like bird and bat wings evolved independently
minus-squareRQG@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoThat makes a lot more sense then. Thank you, happy to learn something new.
minus-squarepetrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-230 days agoI 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!
I think the question is how often it evolved independently like bird and bat wings evolved independently
That makes a lot more sense then. Thank you, happy to learn something new.
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!
Also pterosaur wings.
Add flying fish to that.