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Peter K. L. Ng;,CC-BY 4.0,
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Joel Kontinen
Crabby bodies have
evolved at least
five different times. So why does this processes known as carcinization, keep
on happening?
According
to Darwinian evolution, carcinization is an example of a phenomenon
called convergent evolution, which is
when different groups independently evolve the same traits,
For
instance, a crab like body has evolved at least five times.
This falsifies Darwin’s tree of life. Only close relatives should look alike.
But very often genetically distant species look alike, regardless of how long ago they parted ways (in the Darwinian scenario, that is.,
Source:
Hamers, Laurel, 2023,Why do animals keep evolving into crabs? Live Science.
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