LIFE SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Instead, some physical similarities are analogous: they evolved independently in different organisms because the organisms lived in similar environments or experienced similar selective pressures. This process is called convergent evolution. (To converge means to come together, like two lines meeting at a point.)

Detailed explanation-2: -Convergent evolution is the opposite of divergent evolution, in which related species evolve different traits. Convergent evolution is similar to parallel evolution, in which two similar but independent species evolve in the same direction and independently acquire similar characteristics.

Detailed explanation-3: -Convergent evolution is the process in which two or more organisms independently acquire similar traits. It stabilizes environments because it means the same role can now be played by different organisms meaning if one of these organisms becomes extinct the environment is not deprived of an essential service.

Detailed explanation-4: -Two species occupying a similar habitat may exhibit common physical traits; if these species come from different biological ancestors yet still have much in common, their similarities may be the result of convergent evolution.

Detailed explanation-5: -Convergent evolution refers to the evolution in different lineages of structures that are similar or ‘analogous’, but that cannot be attributed to the existence of a common ancestor; in other words, the fact that the structures are analogous does not reflect homology.