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Free Science Help at Brightstorm! http://brightstorm.com/science How unrelated species acquire similar traits.

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  • Would parallel evolution be members of the same species in totally different environments still evolving the same way?

  • @twgquick Right from the beginning till ~0:30 he's talking about convergent evolution. He said: "two different species that are not closely related wind up looking similar; and it's not because they come from a common ancestor. It's because simply they lived in similar environments or they're under similar kinds of selective pressure." He didn't mentioned homologous structures there. 1:40 he correctly states: "homologous structures are dissimilar structures derived frm related species"

  • @TheYipedo He said Homologous are similar, yet not from a common ancestor. 0:25

  • @MissLolaM Hares do have longer ears in general, but just because it has long ears doesn't necessarily mean it's a hare; although it is possible that he made a mistake there.

    As for the homologous/analogous trait, he said analogous traits are similar traits that independently evolved in unrelated species while he said homologous ones are "dissimilar traits that are derived from similar species (eg. human hands vs. bat wings). I don't see anything inherently wrong with those definitions.

  • 1: that's a Hare, not a rabbit. Hares are known for their large ears.

    2: you're describing homologous traits (or homologous features) when these examples are called Analogous Traits. (or analogous features)

    Perhaps you could try and get your facts right before spreading them around the world in a tutoring video.

    thumbs down.

  • lol nice

  • you're an awesome teacher :D

  • haha slowly started driffting off topic with the torpedo stuff

  • This helps so much! Thanks heaps. I also had a great laugh at the dolphin and shark example.. "if your a big......cube! you don't swim so well" This is tops, cheers.

  • Your convergent and divergent videos are spectacular.

    The many science textbooks I have read over the years have done a very poor job of explaining divergent evolution,

    Great job!!!

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