Submitted by OhMyThiccThighs t3_11bo3h9 in askscience
helvetica_simp t1_ja18ql2 wrote
Reply to comment by Hagenaar in Would two people who look identical but who are not related have similar matching DNA? by OhMyThiccThighs
Like how raccoons have little hands and humans have little hands? 🥺
Hagenaar t1_ja1bvsv wrote
That could be more of a divergence given we're both descended from small furry mammals.
AilisEcho t1_ja1j9ko wrote
What about kangaroo and deer having similarly built heads?
r0botdevil t1_ja22myi wrote
A much better example is penguins, dolphins, and sharks all having very similar appendages for swimming, or birds, bats, and butterflies all having wings.
tatu_huma t1_ja34wbs wrote
Australia is a good continent for this since it been so isolated from the rest of the world for so long there's been time for convergence.
They look so similar to animals outside of Australia.
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