Tuesday, 14 March 2023

Convergent evolution cannot say why two butteflies have the same pattern.



 

Image courtesy of Luca Livraghi.

Joel Kontinen 

Convergent evolution can be explained by two species that have very different evolutionary trajectories, They can be different as in bats that ecolate like dolphins, but also in animals lik  butterflies that are separed with thousands of years.

Evolution is merely assumed. There is a much better explanation: bats and dolphins were designed that way.

  



 


 Source;  

Simonti,  Corinne, 2023. Subspecies of Heliconius erato butterflies, pictured here, have different wing patterns that are shared with other, more distant species through convergent evolution. Science 10 March